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The Opportunity
Boeing Defence Australia (BDA) provides expertise, process and tools to manage aircraft design, repair and continuing airworthiness capabilities to a range of customers. Forward looking, the Engineering function has developed a plan to enable the Engineering workforce to increase its capability across Australia and internationally.
Our goal is to develop an airworthiness team that participates at the global level. We currently have a close-knit team that works across our platforms at BDA with reach into our UK and US operations. In this role you will have exposure and the ability to work on a number of exciting programs and projects across the breadth of Boeing, which more immediately would include the following platforms (E-7A Wedgetail, P-8A Poseidon, CH-47 Chinook, F-18 Super Hornet and the Ghost Bat), as well as providing support to our commercial aeroplane operations in Seattle.
This role can be undertaken in Adelaide, Brisbane, Williamtown or Sydney.
As a Senior Safety & Airworthiness Engineer within BDA, you will have:
- Experience developing comprehensive regulator approved certification program plans.
- Experience carrying out certification activities under civil (CASA, EASA, FAA) or Military (DASA) regulatory frameworks.
- Experience working within a civil or military design organisation (21J design organization or ODA).
- Experience producing safety cases and airworthiness documentation for the platform.
- Experience of civil or military airworthiness codes.
- Knowledge of system safety interactions with the certification programs.
- Experience developing issue papers/certification review items.
About you
To be successful in this role you will have a mix of the following:
- The desire to work within a team that addresses both technical and business challenges.
- The ability to task on responsibility at a project level and lead small teams of junior engineers
- Excellent written and verbal communication ability, with an interest in understanding people and working within a large group of stakeholders
- A tertiary degree with experience working in airworthiness/certification, system safety or design of aircraft and their components/systems.
- Design and certification of pre-entry into service aircraft
- Experience in delivering/integrating systems within a complex engineering project environment will be highly regarded.
What's on offer?
Boeing values the health and wellbeing of our employees and offer true flexibility including working from home, compressed work weeks, and opportunities for part time arrangements, allowing you to balance your career with what is important to you outside of work.
Other benefits:
- Work on cutting edge projects with opportunities to work across platforms.
- Attractive remuneration and annual bonus.
- Formal mentoring and training as well as on the job learning.
- Formal reward and recognition program.
- Access discounts for health insurance, travel and accommodation.
- Paid study leave, paid parental leave and Defence leave.
- Salary packaging options available.
- Health and wellbeing benefits including annual flu vaccinations and Employee Assistance Program.
- Social and community groups.
BDA works with strong links with our global Boeing community and we strongly encourage collaboration with our international counterparts.
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