Qualification Engineer

About GKN Aerospace

A Truly Global Business

Every day, around the world, we help aircrafts fly further, faster and greener. We’re the world’s leading tier one aerospace supplier of systems and components. With over 15,000 employees across 41 manufacturing sites in 13 countries serving over 90% of the world’s aircraft and engine manufacturers with sales of £2.8bn. Together as “one GKN” we’re moving our business and industry forward developing technologies that rapidly decarbonise aircraft, and innovating to help build a new generation of planes that produce zero emissions. We’re putting sustainability at the heart of what we do; driving our objective to becoming a net zero greenhouse gas emissions business before 2050!

GKN FOKKER ENGINEERING ROMANIA

As GKN’s Engineering Hub, we support the business with all Aerospace Engineering tasks needed. We serve the complete Aircraft Design & Development Life Cycle from Proposal to Certification, from Production assistance to In-Flight Support.

We are passionate about our work and show our love for Aerospace Engineering through everything we do!

Job Summary

What's the purpose of the role? The certification (airworthiness requirements) and qualification (performance) of aircraft parts in accordance with applicable guidelines and procedures.

As an Qualification Engineer, you will work for the qualification of GKN Fokker products in accordance to (inter-) national procedures and guidelines. You will be responsible for the company's compliance statements, for identifying qualification risks and deviations when compared to internal / international organization and you will ensure compliance with procedures, company rules & safety, quality, environmental, security & export compliance regulations. The above tasks will be performed while protecting the company's intellectual property and NATO restricted / secret data.

Job Responsibilities

Advice & Analysis

• Provide advice on new qualification processes, options and company specific methodologies to obtain a consistent qualification file,
• Analyse internally & internationally obtained information and documentation, including this from System Engineering, Configuration Management and international partners, in order to determine which qualification documents must be drawn up,
• Examine Change Requests (from customer / partner company / internal) and determine the classification of the change,
• Evaluate a (proposed) means of compliance checklist (MCC) and determine consistency with previous checklists.

Qualification

Job Qualifications

As a Qualification Engineer, you are a self starter with sharpened interpersonal skills, so that you are able to efficiently liaise with internal & external stakeholders during all steps of the qualification process. Next to this, we expect you to have a high level of problem solving skills as well as a proactive and result driven attitude. In order to perform your job, you will also need a high level of engineering knowledge, but also awareness of other disciplines (e.g. stress, design, configuration management).

Furthermore, we expect you to meet the following requirements :

Bachelor or Master's degree in (Aerospace) Engineering,

Experience in writing technical, customer-oriented reports,

Fluency in English,

Knowledge of aviation qualification / certification requirements (EMAR / EASA Part 21 and FAR / CS 29 or equivalent),

Experience working in multicultural, multidisciplinary teams,

Being able to acquire an in-depth knowledge of the product,

Good understanding and adherence to procedures, business rules and safety, quality, environmental, security & export compliance regulations,

Willing to travel 25% of time.

We’ll offer you fantastic challenges and amazing opportunities. This is your chance to be part of an organisation that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry; and is committed to pushing the boundaries even further. And with some of the best training on offer in the industry, who knows how far you can go?

Everyone is welcome to apply to GKN. We believe that we can only achieve our ambitions through a coming together of diverse minds who enjoy collaborating in an inspirational environment. Through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles we’ve created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute. It’s a culture that won us ‘The Best Workplace Culture Award’.