Aerospace Engineer (International Program )

Full Job Description

Serves as an Aerospace Engineer (International Program Manager) in the Compliance and Airworthiness Division, International Validation Branch and is responsible for managing highly complex and challenging programs and other work activities under the minimal direction of a manager.

To view the complete OPM qualification standard for the Group Coverage Qualification Standard for General Engineer, Series 801, please refer to: General Engineering Series 0801 Basic Requirements: Degree in Engineering.

To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by ABET; or (2) include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics.

To qualify for this position, you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-I, FG/GS 13.

Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position.

Specialized Experience is: Experience with the application of regulations and policy in managing the certification or international validation of aeronautical products.

Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement.

Interview: If the Agency decides to interview any qualified employee on the selection list, then all on the list who are qualified must be interviewed.

If the selection list is shortened to a best qualified list through a comparative process, then the best qualified list shall be considered to be the selection list. Major Duties:

Provides guidance to lower-level staff to resolve difficult technical, bilateral, project, or policy interpretation issues.

Monitors the level of FCAA involvement in outbound validation activity and use their knowledge of the bilateral agreements to resolve inappropriate FCAA involvement.

Assists FAA stakeholders, Foreign Civil Aviation Authorities (FCAA) and applicants to establish and communicate the appropriate level of involvement of the FAA in type validation activity and to resolve differences.

Applies effective written communication skills to formulate succinct and appropriate FAA positions and create documents that compel others to take a course of action, instruct others in carrying out tasks or activities, or explain the status, purpose, goals, and objectives of an issue, policy, or project.

Communicate bilateral, policy, guidance, and provide instruction to others on how to apply policy and guidance, both internally and externally.

Apply effective and communication skills as well as an understanding of myriads of cultures across foreign and FAA stakeholders in order to improve bilateral communications, stakeholder relationships, and organizational processes.

Applies experience and comprehensive knowledge of engineering principles, theories, and concepts applicable to aerospace engineering as well as an understanding of new technologies and methodologies to solve complex problems and develop improved processes for the organization.

International Program Managers use bilateral agreements, FAA policies/regulations, and risk management principles.

Use effective management skills to maintain oversight of a portfolio of products or portfolio of bilateral agreements.

Coordinates activity related to FCAA approvals of US outbound validation projects with the Certificate Management Aircraft Certification Office (CMACO) and domestic applicant.

In addition to issuing new approvals, International Program Managers lead, prioritize, communicate and arbitrate post-type certification issues with the appropriate FAA stakeholders and foreign authorities for assigned products and certificates.Responsible for tracking, conducting, and completing all activities necessary for FAA issuance of design approvals including, but not limited to, development and coordination of new or amended type certificates, new or amended supplemental type certificates, letters of design approval, and type certificate data sheets creation and revision.

Uses knowledge of aircraft products and technical understanding to identify, or work with others to identify, the appropriate FAA project team members to conduct project specific activity.

Leads and/or participates on teams to conduct organizational improvement, implement new processes, procedures, conduct audits, maintenance of confidence, or other activity to achieve organizational objectives related to type validation activity.

Post-type certification activity includes, but is not limited to: Leads and coordinates discussions on continued operational safety matters related to Airworthiness Directive (AD) actions in conjunction with the FAA Operational Safety Branch.

Develops and coordinates Mandatory Continuing Airworthiness Information (MCAI) worksheets, Special Airworthiness Information Bulletins (SAIB), and Alternate Methods of Compliance (AMOC).

Responds to comments on proposed AD actions and other documents. Coordinates branch responses on FAA and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Safety Recommendations.

The International Program Managers maintains pro-active awareness of the service and safety events related to the US registered fleet in their assigned portfolio and will be expected to coordinate, lead, and arbitrate FAA and FCAAs toward timely responses and conclusions.

Frequent communications with foreign authorities to establish and maintain a close, respectful, and productive relationship. Performs other duties as assigned.