Certification Manager

Stadler Deutschland GmbH

$90K — $120K *
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering (mechanical or electrical)
  • 5-8 years of experience in rail vehicle, defense, aerospace, and certification management
  • Strong knowledge of industry regulations and standards
  • Experience leading international projects
  • Team player with strong social skills and assertiveness
  • Entrepreneurial mindset
  • Structured, goal-oriented, dynamic personality
  • Excellent communication and problem-solving abilities

Responsibilities

  • Manage and plan all project-related certification activities on time
  • Schedule certification activities and coordinate qualification testing
  • Oversee requirements management related to certification standards and documents
  • Track and coordinate certification requirements with external consultants when necessary
  • Request, track, and document validations from engineering proactively
  • Check validation documentation for quality and relevance
  • Coordinate with assessors, agencies, consultants, and accredited sites
  • Support safety management for relevant safety committees
  • Assist engineering with FRA compliance and relevant standards

Benefits

  • Low-cost, comprehensive Medical / Dental / Vision / Rx plans
  • 401(k) with employer match
  • Generous Paid Time Off including 9 Paid Holidays
  • Paid training and career development
  • Tuition and training reimbursement
  • Paid maternity and parental leave
  • Company-paid life and disability insurance
  • Referral bonus program
Full Job Description
Certification Manager

As a Certification Manager, you will coordinate and manage all project related certification questions, activities, and applications topics. You will align with internal project management, external agencies, authorities, and accredited institutes, when necessary, and support safety and engineering processes.

Key Activities
  • On time managing and planning of all certification activities
  • Scheduling for certification, and support the coordination of qualification testing and safety management
  • Responsible for requirements management of all certification relevant requirements, standards and documents
  • Requirements tracking for all certification relevant requirements (listing the requirements, scheduling, coordinating the schedule with external consultant if necessary)
  • Proactive requesting, tracking and documenting validations from engineering
  • Checking of the validation documentation for plausibility, quality and relevance
  • Coordination with assessors, agencies, accredited sites and external consultants
  • Support safety management for all relevant safety committees (liaison)
  • Support engineering regarding FRA compliance and CFR/APTA/US-standards
  • RA/TC (North America) compliance and certification

Qualifications
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering (mechanical or electrical) in relevant field
  • 5-8 years of experience in the field of rail vehicle, defense, aerospace and certification management
  • Strong knowledge of industry regulations and standards
  • Experience in leading challenging projects in an international environment
  • Team player with high degree of social competence, sense of responsibility and assertiveness
  • Entrepreneurial thinking and acting
  • Structured, goal-oriented, dynamic and loyal personality
  • Excellent communication and writing skills
  • Excellent problem-solving abilities with strong teamwork skills


What we offer
Stadler US employee benefits package includes:
  • Competitive Pay (plus Profit Sharing potential)
  • Low-cost, comprehensive Medical / Dental / Vision / Rx plans
  • 401(k) with employer match after 90 days
  • Generous Paid Time Off / 9 Paid Holidays / Extended Paid Holiday (Dec. 25 - Jan 1)
  • Paid training / Career development
  • Tuition and training reimbursement
  • Paid maternity and parental leave
  • Company-paid life and disability insurance
  • Referral bonus program

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