Director Civil Certification

Skills You Bring to the Role:

• Bachelors degree in Aerospace Mechanical Electrical or related Engineering field (Masters preferred).
• At least 5 years experience managing FAA or FAA-delegated organization projects.
• At least 10 years cumulative certification and flight test or product engineering leadership experience.
• Demonstrated experience managing FAA or FAA-delegated programs including certification basis means of compliance cert project oversight and audit preparation.
• Expert knowledge of FAA regulations FAA Orders (e.g. 8100.15 8110-4 8130.2) and TC/STC/PC certification processes.
• Proven capability leading multidisciplinary teams
• Strong executive communication skills

Preferred:

• Experience with novel configurations advanced technologies or emerging aviation concepts.

• Knowledge of FAA EASA TCCA ANAC UKCAA and other foreign CAA regulations and compliance strongly preferred

What we offer you in return:

• Youll be off every other Friday with our 9/80 work schedule
• 80 hours of Personal Time Off (PTO)
• 120 hours Vacation time
• 12-13 paid holidays per year
• 6 weeks parental leave
• Tuition reimbursement
• Competitive salary
• Comprehensive health insurance
• On-site clinic pharmacy physical therapy and licensed counselor
• Access to more than 11 Employee Resource Groups
• And so much more

Its time to make your mark on the future of aviation. Join us on this mission and lets make history together.

We are on a journey to amplify innovation cultivate purpose and bridge experiences by fostering a culture that is driven by unique perspectives voices and values.

Bell is more than an aviation company we are pioneers. From breaking the sound barrier to tiltrotors we challenge whats possible. Today we are shaping the future of civil aviation with the first commercial fly by wire helicopter. And we want you to help lead that mission.

Work location is onsite at Bells Commercial Business Center in Fort Worth TX

Certification Director

The Director of Civil Certification provides executive leadership over all civil certification functions at Bell including Type Certification Organization Designation Authorization (ODA) Administration and Production Certification.

This leader ensures Bell maintains delegated authority advances major Type Certification programs and safeguards longterm commercial success.

What Youll Be Doing as the Director of Certification:

• Build and lead a team of Validation/Certification Project Specialists to work effectively with programs and certification authorities to type validate commercial products
• Oversee Certification and Production Certification teams to ensure strong execution regulatory compliance and consistent ODA performance.
• Act as the executive liaison to the FAA ODA Management Team driving ODA performance and leading the organization through ODA renewal cycles.
• Provide guidance and direction to Commercial Programs on commercial product validation by developing certification strategies and technical position
• Guide audit readiness and responses monitor ODA Unit Member performance and ensure alignment with FAA regulations and policy.
• Lead execution of validation/certification projects in support of the Commercial Programs team through development of strong relationship with domestic and foreign authorities

• Translate regulatory expectations into clear engineering requirements and ensure certification considerations are embedded early in system architecture and design decisions across all disciplines.

• Partner with Flight Test and Engineering teams to structure test campaigns that distinguish between engineering learning and certification evidence generation ensuring test data is valid and usable for compliance.

• Establish and maintain effective compliance tracking and configuration control processes to ensure the certified configuration aligns with approved design data and assumptions.

• Select and manage external certification resourcesincluding DERs consultants test labs and conformity partnersto support compliance activities and evidence generation.

• Act as lead ODA administrator
• Define the long-term structure of Bells civil certification and airworthiness organization developing internal certification talent and scaling capability as future programs grow.
• Support of identification of future talent to support the EFUM pipeline