Hardware Certification Engineer
An Airborne Electronic Hardware (AEH) Certification Engineer guides electronic hardware through aviation regulatory compliance, focusing heavily on RTCA DO-254 standards for complex custom micro coded components.
Key Responsibilities:
Certification Planning: Create and manage the Plan for Hardware Aspects of Certification (PHAC), hardware verification plans, and life cycle data.
DO-254 Compliance: Ensure hardware design assurance levels (DAL A through E) are met, particularly for high-integrity safety-critical systems (DAL-A/B).Artifact Generation: Produce, review, and maintain traceability matrices, Hardware Requirements Documents (HRDs), Hardware Design Documents (HDDs), and configuration management records.
FAA/Authority Liaison: Serve as the technical focal point during FAA audits, design reviews, and Statements of Involvement (SOI).
Required Qualifications
Education:
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related STEM field.
Experience:
5+ years of hands-on experience in avionics design assurance, hardware verification, Standards Knowledge: Deep familiarity with DO-254 Certification Guidelines, DO-160 (environmental), and ARP4754A (system level).Audit Experience: Proven track record supporting formal FAA/EASA audits and managing conformity reviews Development of certification plans for airborne electronic hardware Experience with RTCA DO-254 compliance Hardware Design Assurance Level (DAL A-E) determination Hardware certification lifecycle planning and execution Certification basis development and compliance mapping