Certification Manager – Flight Sciences

About Heart Aerospace

Heart’s mission is to create the fastest, most affordable and sustainable mode of transport for regional travel. Our goal is to serve the market in every corner of the world.

Our first aircraft is the ES-19, a nineteen-passenger airliner with an operating range of 400 km. The ES-19 is a fully electric aircraft, and our goal is to have the aircraft certified for commercial operation by 2026.

Your place of work will be at our main office and hangar facility. This is located at Säve Airport in Gothenburg, Sweden. Relocation assistance can be provided. At Heart you’ll be working at the cutting edge of technology while contributing towards a sustainable future. We offer stock options to all our employees and a challenging and inspiring work environment.

We seek experienced and skilled professionals to join our small, fast moving team developing a new electric aircraft in Sweden. We’re in a very expansive phase and now is the time to join our team.

Come help us write a new chapter in the history of aviation together.

Role Overview

The Certification Managers report to the Project Certification Manager and have broad responsibility for the definition, management and execution of given technical sub-sets of the certification programme.

As a part of the certification team you will be broadly discharging the responsibilities on behalf of the Head of Airworthiness in line with EASA Regulation IR 21.A.239(a). You will interface directly with engineering department certification specialists as well as other company functions such as Manufacturing, Operations, Flight Test and Supply Chain Management.

You will also actively participate as a part of the airworthiness function to program/technical reviews as well as customer/supplier meetings and airworthiness/certification meetings with the authorities, ensuring the certification programme follows the regulatory requirements and our design organisation handbook. You will also ensure schedule adherence to the certification programme and play an active part in design reviews to meet certification, cost, and schedule goals.

Qualifications & Experience

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Graduate degree in aerospace, aeronautical similar discipline, or equivalent experience.

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Minimum 10 years engineering and/or certification experience in an aerospace OEM company environment or for an aerospace regulatory authority. This should include experience with aircraft stability & control, performance, loads/dynamics and/or weight & balance with sufficient transferable skills/experience to be able to cover the whole discipline in conjunction with engineering domain certification specialists.

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Experience with aircraft development programs through the entire design, development & certification lifecycle (EASA/FAA Part 23 or 25),

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Experience working in an EASA Part 21J Design Organization, or international equivalent.

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Direct experience with certification programme planning & execution (i.e. setting & negotiating certification basis, developing & executing certification programme, working with regulatory authority/authorities to obtain type certification).

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Working knowledge of systems & safety engineering principles for safety critical systems (SAE ARP 4754/4761) and the validation of severity of safety requirements through flight sciences development.

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Excellent verbal & written communication skills in English.

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Eagerness to work with others.

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Passion for aircraft and Heart’s mission.


The ideal candidate would have

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Experience working in an aerospace start-up environment.

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A strong compliance and integration mindset,

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Proficiency coordinating activities of engineers/certification specialists internally,

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Representing the company externally with the regulatory authority/authorities,

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Experience in helping coordinate partner/supplier company support to negotiations with the regulatory authority/authorities (where necessary).



Heart Aerospace is a Swedish startup making electric regional airplanes. Heart's mission is to create the fastest, most affordable and sustainable transportation for regional travel to every corner of the world. Our first aircraft is the ES-19, a nineteen-passenger airliner with an operating range of 400 km. Our goal is to have the aircraft certified for commercial operation by 2026.