About this role
Role Overview
- Own, with the VP, the end-to-end certification and validation strategy for Skyways aircraft and operations, from early regulatory engagement through approval.
- Serve as a technical and strategic interface with aviation authorities (FAA, EASA, and other global regulators), leading familiarization briefings, technical interchange meetings, and certification roadmap alignment.
- Lead development of certification artifacts, including certification bases, White Papers, Means of Compliance, Issue Papers, and Instructions for Continued Airworthiness.
- Provide authoritative guidance across engineering, manufacturing, maintenance, and operations to ensure design and program decisions align with certification and operational approval outcomes.
- Represent Skyways in international standards bodies and working groups, influencing emerging UAS standards and policy to enable future operations and market access.
Requirements
- Demonstrated experience leading complex aviation or UAS certification programs, including engagement with civil aviation authorities at a senior technical level.
- Ability to operate effectively in regulatory ambiguity and shape certification strategies where precedent is limited or evolving.
- Proven skill translating between policy, safety, and detailed technical domains without loss of intent or rigor.
- A strategic mindset that views regulation as a tool to enable safe, scalable, and commercially viable operations.
- Experience with uncrewed aircraft systems, novel aircraft categories, or first-of-kind approvals.
Benefits
- Equal Opportunity employer committed to diversity in the workplace