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Becoming a Certification EngineerBecoming a Certification Engineer

By: Tori Henderson By: Tori Henderson

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Tori Henderson Marysville Northwest Aerospace Technologies Scriber Lake High Soccer #1 goal to graduate

About MeAbout Me

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Why Did I Choose This?Why Did I Choose This?

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Has responsibility for certification aspects for Federal Aviation Administration projects.

Ensures activities for specific airplane modification

Define and coordinate certification requirements

What is a Certification Engineer?What is a Certification Engineer?

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•Works closely with Engineering Department•Customer, Program Management and Quality Assurance•Ensures activities of cert. projects follow company quality procedures•Assigned project and reports on performance•Coordinates with FAA designees•Ensures availability of resources

Main DutiesMain Duties

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• No specific college curriculum• No actual courses• 4 yr. technical degree or • 6 yrs. experience in aircraft industry• General knowledge of FAA regulations• Strong verbal and written communication skills

How do I become one?How do I become one?

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• Strong knowledge of FAA Certification Procedures• OJT• FAA Seminars• Industry Seminars

• Basic understanding of engineering drawings and documentation• OJT• College classes

• Knowledge of aircraft terminology• OJT• FAA and Industry Seminars• Industry publications

ExperienceExperience

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• FAA Research• Procedures• What FAA is History

• DER Seminar Book• Required Seminar• Document Changes• DMS Site

• Interview with Mentor• College Courses• Experience• Advice

ResearchResearch

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•Update Master Drawing List (MDL)

• The mdl is a listing of all engineering drawings that define changes our company does to an airplane

• Create Conformity Inspection Spreadsheet• This spreadsheet tracks all inspection activity for the parts that will be

installed onto an airplane.

• Upload data to a customers Data Management System (DMS) site• Currently working on a project with American Airlines

• Downloading data from DMS site

Hands-On WorkHands-On Work

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• Research• Time Management• Organization• Communication• Very little knowledge of anything aerospace related

ObstaclesObstacles

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• Learn new things about company• Certification Engineer• Better sense of what could come in future

What I took awayWhat I took away

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• Next years Senior Project Students• Project experience will help in the future• Thank you to my mentor, Tim Hughes, and My parents for their

support

ConclusionConclusion

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Thank You For Watching!Thank You For Watching!