The Role: The UK CAA is continuing to expand its team of Design & Certification Specialists to deliver our state of design responsibility for traditional, fixed/rotary wing and innovative products. Your main role will be to confidently deliver certification and validation projects for the CAA. It will also involve liaison with the UK industry & other aviation authorities such as European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) and National Civil Aviation Authority (ANAC) through existing and developing working arrangements.

• Software up to IDAL A
• Knowledge of IMA design and architecture
• Familiarity with avionics communications protocols including ARINC, AFDX and serial interfaces.
• Familiarity with single core and multi-core certification requirements
• Experienced with software and hardware integration and formal verification methods
• Well versed in procedural and Object orientated programming languages.
• Hands-on experience (preferably leading) SOI audits.
• Airborne Electronic Hardware (AEH) up to IDAL A
• Hands-on experience of Hardware Architectures and design processes related to hardware RAM/Flash Based FPGAs, ASICs, COTS processor/devices, PDH.
• Familiarity with avionics communications protocols including ARINC, AFDX and serial interfaces.
• Hands-on experience (preferably leading) SOI audits.
• Experienced in verification methods, RTL, Post-Layout, Hardware integration. Experience with Advanced Verification Methods is a plus.
• Process oriented minded, but with the capability to assess technically complex hardware and certification aspects for AEH
• Development Assurance (DA) up to FDAL A
• Defined scope of and lead SOI audits for SW or HW or both.
• Interfaced with other regulatory bodies for Audit delegation or co-validation