Hybrid At Collins Aerospace, we're redefining the future of aircraft interiors. Our Interiors business designs and delivers innovative cabin solutions that make air travel safer, more comfortable, and more connected for millions of passengers worldwide. Working with leading airlines and aircraft manufacturers, our teams combine engineering excellence with a relentless focus on safety, quality, and customer experience. This opportunity is based at our Leighton Buzzard site and offers a hybrid working model, providing flexibility while enabling collaboration with our global engineering and certification teams. With manufacturing and engineering sites across the globe, you'll join a collaborative international organisation where your expertise can influence products flying on aircraft around the world. As a Principal Certification Engineer, you will serve as a technical leader and trusted advisor, leading qualification and certification activities to ensure compliance with customer and regulatory requirements. Build strong relationships with customers, programme teams, regulatory stakeholders, and engineering functions. Review and approve certification deliverables against customer and regulatory requirements. Communicate certification risks, compliance approaches, and technical recommendations clearly to stakeholders. Mentor and develop engineers through coaching, technical guidance, and knowledge sharing. Collaborate with global engineering teams across multiple international locations. This role offers significant autonomy, technical ownership, and the opportunity to influence certification strategy across a global engineering organisation. Bachelor's degree (or higher) in Engineering, ideally Aerospace Engineering. Extensive experience in aerospace certification within the commercial aviation industry. A proactive, solutions-focused mindset with a strong commitment to safety, quality, and customer satisfaction. Experience within aircraft interiors certification. Strong knowledge of aerospace regulatory frameworks including Part 21 and CS-25. Experience supporting organisational capability development and engineering excellence initiatives. Experience with fire properties certification. Competitive salary and annual bonus ~ Generous 2:1 pension scheme with employer contributions up to 10% ~25 days annual leave plus public holidays ~ Private Health Cover ~ Life Assurance ~ Hybrid and flexible working options ~ Early finish Fridays ~ Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) ~ Staff discount programmes ~ Wellness and wellbeing initiatives ~ Employee recognition programmes ~ Free onsite parking Ready to Help Shape the Future of Aerospace? If you're an experienced certification professional looking to influence global aerospace programmes, lead technical excellence, and develop engineering talent, we'd love to hear from you. Join Collins Aerospace and help deliver the next generation of aircraft interior solutions. Hybrid: Employees who are working in Hybrid roles will work regularly both onsite and offsite. All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Privacy Policy and Terms: Click on this link to read the Policy and Terms
Principal Engineer - Design Quality in Leighton Buzzard employer: Collins Aerospace
Collins Aerospace is an exceptional employer, offering Operations Product Managers the chance to work on groundbreaking innovations in air travel right from our Kilkeel facility. With a strong commitment to employee growth, we provide extensive professional development opportunities, a generous benefits package including 25 days of annual leave, and a supportive work culture that values collaboration across diverse teams. Join us to be part of a dynamic environment where your contributions directly impact the future of aviation.
