Airworthiness Engineer

Do you want to work on a New Class of Unmanned Aircraft? Our product universe spans three different platforms with maximum take-off weights of up to 1000 kg and characteristic dimensions of 8 m: The hexacopter Grille for medical evacuation, the multi-role rotorcraft Wespe for logistics and support operations, as well as the fixed-wing drone Bussard for surveillance and intelligence missions. All systems are powered by RasCore, our highly redundant, military-grade avionics system for safe operations within EASA’s Specific Category. Three aircraft, one mission: to bridge the gap between small UAVs and traditional manned systems.

Development

Airworthiness

Full Time

Ismaning

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Maximilian Wechner

Your strategy leads compliance

Description
Have you ever found joy in rules - not for restriction, but because they create the foundation for safe and reliable operations? Do you enjoy turning technical complexity into clear, structured, and traceable compliance evidence? Then this might be the mission for you. As an Airworthiness Engineer at Avilus, you will support the development, documentation, verification, and approval of our unmanned aircraft systems for real-world deployment. Your work will connect system design, safety assessments, operational requirements, and regulatory expectations. You will help translate engineering solutions into authority-ready compliance documentation - from requirements and verification evidence to SORA-based operational approvals.

Tasks

• Support the development of certification and airworthiness strategies for Avilus unmanned aircraft systems under the EASA Specific Category, including SORA, SAIL, Operational Safety Objectives, and applicable Means of Compliance activities.

• Derive and structurecertification and compliancerequirementsfromregulatorysources, authoritymaterial, guidancematerial and project-specificcertificationassumptions.

• Develop and maintaincompliancechecklists, OSO matrices, statementsofcompliance, technicaldossiers and otherairworthiness-relateddocumentation.

• Prepareauthority-readycomplianceevidencepackagesbyconnectingrequirements, meansofcompliance, verificationevidence, technicaldocumentation and compliancearguments.

• Support SORA-based operational approvalactivitiesbyconsolidatingtechnical, operational, and safety-relatedinputs.

• Coordinate and review complianceinputstogetherwiththeresponsibleengineering, maintenance and design teams.

• Work closelywithsystemengineering, safety, avionics, flighttest, maintenance and design teamstoensureregulatoryexpectationsarereflected in requirements, architectures, verificationplans and projectdocumentation.

• Support configurationmanagement, changecontrol and traceabilityacrossrequirements, design data, verificationevidence, and certificationdocumentation.

Qualifications

• Degree: Completed degree in aerospace engineering, systems engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, automotive engineering, or a comparable technical field.

• Experience: At least 3 years of practical experience in aerospace engineering, airworthiness, certification, systems engineering, safety engineering, continued airworthiness, or a related technical discipline.

• Method-Knowledge: Familiarity with aviation regulatory frameworks and compliance activities, preferably including EASA Open, Specific and Certified Categories, SORA, Operational Safety Objectives, Regulations (EU) 2019/947 and 2019/945 including related AMC/GM, SC Light-UAS Medium Risk and High Risk, EASA Part 21, applicable Means of Compliance, requirements engineering, configuration management, change control, compliance verification, and traceability.

• Tool-Knowledge (mandatory): Microsoft Office, especially Word and Excel, as well as experience with structured documentation, document control, and version management tools such as Git, SharePoint, or equivalents.

• Tool-Knowledge (optional): Polarion, Siemens Teamcenter, or comparable requirements management and PLM tools.

• Required for employment: Security clearance (Ü2-Sabotageschutz) approval (note: relationships in countries according to § 13 para. 1 no. 17 SÜG may result in a negative assessment)

Benefits

• Team with high spirit and pace

• Flexible working time model

• Sports membership

Application Documents

• Curriculum vitae

• Letter ofmotivation

• Certificates / reports / references

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