Hardware Certification Planning Engineer

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Position: Hardware Certification Planning Engineer
Location Irvine, CA,- Onsite only

Top must-have: Airborne Hardware Certification Statement of Involvement (SOI) DAL Determination Certification Planning Compliance Mapping.

Job Summary:
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

Required Skills No of years of Exp Hardware Certification Plan Airborne Electronic Hardware (AEH)FAA/EASA audits, SOI, PHAC, traceability,Hardware Design Assurance Level (DAL A/B)Compliance Mapping / Compliance MatrixHardware Certification & Regulatorycertification/audit experienceDocumentation & ArtifactsCertification ComplianceCertification document development

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