Senior Certification Engineer

Senior Certification Engineer – Aircraft Seating

Location: PFlorida | Salary: $130,000 | Type: Permanent, full-time

About the opportunity

We’re partnering with a specialist aircraft seating manufacturer to hire a Senior Certification Engineer – a role designed for someone ready to take the next step in their career and own seat certification end to end, from design through test to FAA approval.

It’s a lean, agile team where certification isn’t one small cog in a large machine. If you’ve built a few years of seating certification experience at a larger OEM and want to step up – owning programs in full, shaping how certification is run, and leading and mentoring junior engineers – this is where you can do it. With a dedicated test facility on site, you’ll be hands-on with the testing.

It’s the natural move for a certification engineer who’s ready for more scope, faster decisions, and genuine ownership, and who wants to see their work fly.

What you’ll do

• Lead certification of aircraft seating products to TSO-C127b and applicable TSO requirements, 14 CFR 25.561/25.562 (static and 16g dynamic conditions), HIC, and Part 25 cabin flammability (25.853 / Appendix F)
• Own the full compliance and certification data package – test plans, analyses, reports, and substantiation documentation
• Plan, run, and witness dynamic (sled) and static seat testing at the on-site test facility
• Take end-to-end ownership of certification projects, from certification basis through to approval
• Lead, mentor, and support junior and newly qualified engineers, building certification capability across the team
• Interface with the FAA, DERs/ODA, and internal design and program teams

What you’ll bring

• Minimum 3 years’ aircraft seating certification experience (essential)
• Strong working knowledge of TSO-C127b, 14 CFR Part 25 (25.561, 25.562, 25.785), and cabin flammability requirements
• Experience planning and executing dynamic and static seat testing
• Confident authoring compliance and certification documentation
• Experience mentoring or leading engineers, or readiness to step into that
• Located within commuting distance of Palm City, FL, or open to relocating (this is a fully on-site role)

Desirable

• Familiarity with SAE AS8049, ABAP policy, and EASA CS-25 seating requirements
• Exposure to DER coordination or working within an ODA
• Background across premium, business-class, or VIP seating programs

Package

• $120,000-$130,000 depending on experience
• Permanent, on-site role in Florida
• Relocation support available for the right candidate