Project Engineer Aircraft Mechanical Systems

Salary:

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Job Description:

SyberJet Aircraft is seeking a Project Engineer Mechanical Systems with strong design, integration, and FAA certification experience related to aircraft braking and hydraulic systems. The candidate will coordinate design activities and oversee certification efforts for the SJ36 brake system program while supporting the efforts of other project engineers and cross-functional teams. This role blends technical engineering leadership, project oversight, and regulatory compliance responsibilities, and is ideally suited for a mechanical systems engineer who has contributed directly to FAA Part 23 (or Part 25) aircraft programs and understands the full life cycle of project planning, development, integration, risk management, and certification.

You will act as a project engineer for aircraft braking and hydraulic systems development, interfacing with suppliers and guiding independent mechanical, electrical, and systems engineering teams to ensure the final design is safe, compliant with requirements, certifiable, manufacturable, and optimized for performance and reliability.

Key Responsibilities:

Mechanical Systems (Brakes & Hydraulics) Expertise:

• Serve as an in-house Subject Matter Expert (SME) for aircraft braking and hydraulic systems, providing guidance on design, integration, operational, maintenance, and certification aspects.
• Support system architecture decisions, component selection, and interface definitions to meet aircraft-level performance, safety, and certification objectives.

Project Management:

• Lead project engineering efforts across multiple assigned mechanical systems programs while supporting other engineers and cross-functional teams.
• Develop, maintain, and track project schedules, technical deliverables, and milestones.
• Plan and sequence engineering tasks to optimize schedule, reduce technical and certification risk, and support on-time program execution.
• Act as the primary liaison between internal engineering teams, suppliers, DERs, and certification authorities, coordinating proposed solutions with the FAA as required.
• Facilitate cross-functional integration to resolve interface and design issues.

Certification Planning, Documentation, Coordination, and Oversight:

• Oversee certification efforts for assigned braking and hydraulic systems projects.
• Apply 14 CFR Part 23 regulations and associated guidance material to design activities, compliance planning, and certification efforts.
• Define and document system certification basis, compliance strategies, and means of compliance.
• Develop and maintain certification plans and compliance matrices, including Project-Specific Certification Plans (PSCPs).
• Prepare, review, approve, and release certification documentation, including requirements, specifications, ICDs, verification plans, test plans (ground, flight, lab), test results, and other certification documents and compliance artifacts.

Regulatory and Design Compliance:

• Ensure system designs comply with regulatory requirements and align with aircraft-level operational, safety, and performance objectives.
• Coordinate design activities to support continued operational safety and continued airworthiness requirements.

Safety and Risk Management:

• Support creation, review, approval, and release of system and aircraft-level safety assessments (FHA, PSSA, FTA, FMEA, CCA, etc.).
• Identify technical and certification risks early and develop practical mitigation strategies to reduce program risk.

Problem Solving:

• Analyze and resolve complex mechanical systems design, integration, and test issues, offering innovative, practical, and certifiable solutions.

Product Lifecycle and Tools:

• Manage product data, track configuration changes, and ensure documentation is current and accessible using Teamcenter, Jira, and Confluence.
• Support the use of model-based systems engineering (MBSE) tools and methodologies.

Leadership and Mentoring:

• Mentor engineers on mechanical systems design, FAA certification processes, regulatory standards, and documentation best practices.
• Promote collaboration and knowledge-sharing across multidisciplinary engineering teams.

Qualifications:

Education:

• Bachelors degree (or higher) in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field.

Experience:

• Minimum of 10 years experience in aircraft mechanical systems engineering within the aerospace industry involving some direct experience with design, integration, and certification of aircraft braking and hydraulic systems.
• Extensive knowledge of FAA certification processes, compliance methods, regulations, guidance material, and applicable industry standards.
• Demonstrated experience defining certification scope, developing compliance matrices, and supporting FAA approvals.
• Prior experience interacting with DERs and FAA representatives.
• Proven ability to manage technical schedules, deliverables, and cross-functional coordination in a project engineering role.

Preferred Experience:

• Experience with CATIA or Siemens NX and Teamcenter.
• Experience with Agile Development using Jira sprint methodology.
• Knowledge of MBSE tools and methodologies.

Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively present and document technical information to various stakeholders.

Team Player: Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment, demonstrating strong interpersonal and leadership skills.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunities for professional growth and development.
• A collaborative, engineering-driven, innovative work environment.
• The opportunity to work on cutting-edge aircraft development and certification programs with a highly skilled team of professionals.