Job Summary

Whats the purpose of the role The certification (airworthiness requirements) and qualification (performance) of aircraft parts in accordance with applicable guidelines and procedures.
As an Qualification Engineer you will work for the qualification of GKN Fokker products in accordance to (inter) national procedures and guidelines. You will be responsible for the companys compliance statements for identifying qualification risks and deviations when compared to internal/international organization and you will ensure compliance with procedures company rules & safety quality environmental security & export compliance regulations. The above tasks will be performed while protecting the companys intellectual property and NATO restricted/secret data.

Job Responsibilities

Advice & Analysis

• Provide advice on new qualification processes options and company specific methodologies to obtain a consistent qualification file
• Analyse internally & internationally obtained information and documentation including this from System Engineering Configuration Management and international partners in order to determine which qualification documents must be drawn up
• Examine Change Requests (from customer/partner company/internal) and determine the classification of the change
• Evaluate a (proposed) means of compliance checklist (MCC) and determine consistency with previous checklists.

Qualification

• Determine upon consultation with customer and partners how the requirements will be qualified the type of qualification documents that will be supplied and determining the international planning of these documents
• Determine which qualification documents need to be created and coordinating this contribution with partners customers and authorities
• Verify all technical substantive supporting documents against the product data and qualification basis (incl. underlying documents) and process them into a compliance statement for the product
• Prepare reports to the customer authorities and partners
• Draw up all nontechnical reports associated with the qualification process
• Assess all (inter)national documents and ensure completion/correctness
• Collect/archive accepted qualification and distribute internally
• Support planning organizing and recording of (inter)national reviews
• Record & document all process steps in performed while protecting the companys intellectual property and NATO restricted/secret data.

Job Qualifications

As a Qualification Engineer you are a self starter with sharpened interpersonal skills so that you are able to efficiently liaise with internal & external stakeholders during all steps of the qualification process. Next to this we expect you to have a high level of problem solving skills as well as a proactive and result driven attitude. In order to perform your job you will also need a high level of engineering knowledge but also awareness of other disciplines (e.g. stress design configuration management).

Furthermore we expect you to meet the following requirements:

• Bachelor or Masters degree in (Aerospace) Engineering

• Experience in writing technical customeroriented reports

• Fluency in English

• Knowledge of aviation qualification/certification requirements (EMAR/EASA Part 21 and FAR/CS 29 or equivalent)

• Experience working in multicultural multidisciplinary teams

• Being able to acquire an indepth knowledge of the product

• Good understanding and adherence to procedures business rules and safety quality environmental security & export compliance regulations

• Willing to travel 25 of time.