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Aerospace Engineer
Federal Aviation Administration · Posted 15 days ago
Hybrid Anchorage, AK $112K – $174K Apply by Sep 9, 2026 Aerospace Engineering INTJINTPISTJ Engineering
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The Aerospace Engineer serves as a Compliance and Airworthiness (C&A) Technical Advisor and is called upon to provide leadership for highly complex and challenging activities under the minimal direction of a manager or an executive in the Compliance & Airworthiness Division.
What You'll Do
- →Applies experience and expert knowledge of engineering principles, theories, and concepts applicable to certification, delegation, and Continued Operational Safety (COS) programs, as well as a comprehensive understanding of new technologies and methodologies, to solve complex problems.
- →The incumbent applies broad technical, organizational, data management and team leadership skills to lead the oversight of assigned product types.
- →May serve as the representative of FAA management in critical certification, delegation, and COS decision-making processes.
- →In doing so, advises management and staff on schedule and prioritization recommendations, independently or in accordance with guidance from management.
- →These duties also include helping to prioritize workload across the division and identify local resource shortfalls for management action.
- →Assignments require knowledge and experience working across functional and/or organizational lines and require the ability to direct and coordinate the activities of AIR-700 personnel.
- →Typical assignments include serving as a single point of contact (POC) for the AIR-700 division on high profile safety issues which includes serving as the liaison with other AIR and AVS organizations assigned to the issue.
- →Supporting other C&A Technical Advisors and Program Managers (PMs) with complex and challenging issues and risk assessments and supports management in ensuring the FAA meets the certification, delegation, and COS process requirements and metrics.
- →The incumbent will help monitor FAA and design approval holder (DAH) performance and provide briefings to the workforce to promote adherence to established procedures and working agreements.
- →Leads and coordinates activities of multiple FAA personnel from multiple FAA organizations in engaging with DAHs to arrive at best practices for certification, delegation, and COS activities, enabling consistency across DAHs relative to FAA national strategic objectives.
- →Leads or steers major team activities associated with major working agreements with DAHs and serves as resource for development and maintenance of those agreements.
- →The incumbent is responsible for supporting management in overseeing the technical activities of personnel.
- →This includes mentoring and coaching PMs and providing policy guidance and instruction to others, both internally and externally.
- →Also, provides guidance to lower-level staff to solve difficult technical issues and work with management to solve technical problems.
Requirements
- ✓We are not accepting applications from noncitizens.
- ✓This position has a positive education requirement: Applicants must submit a copy of their college or university transcripts(s) and certificates by the closing date of announcement to verify qualifications.
- ✓If selected, an official transcript will be required prior to appointment.
- ✓You may upload these documents with your application in USAJOBS or fax it to fax number provided in the announcement (please include announcement number on each page).
- ✓Failure to do so will result in loss of consideration.
- ✓Schools must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education.
- ✓Accreditation may be verified at the following website: www.ed.gov/accreditation.
- ✓Foreign education must be evaluated by a private professional organization specializing in interpretation of foreign education credentials or an accredited U.S. educational institution in terms of equivalence to a degree acquired at an American college or university.
- ✓A copy of the evaluation results must be included, otherwise your foreign education will not be considered.
- ✓Make sure your Resume includes detailed information to support your qualifications and answers to the job questionnaire.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 03dcd7bf-349a-44a2-9c78-0bbd314211e9
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