Ontic appoints Jonathan Grant as Chief Engineer

Ontic has appointed Jonathan Grant as its Chief Engineer. The appointment is part of Ontic’s continued investment in its technical capability, adding further depth to its engineering expertise.

In this global role, Jonathan becomes the technical authority for Ontic’s products and will drive its technical governance, standards, methodologies and processes that shape how Ontic address customer challenges, from license transitions to keeping fleets airworthy.

Jonathan remit spans reliability engineering, obsolescence engineering and aviation safety, helping to ensure that airlines, operators and airframers continue to receive appropriate products, solutions and technical support. This focus will underpin each stage of Ontic’s customer lifecycle, enabling seamless transitions when products move to Ontic, product optimisation once they are in production and continuous improvement in strengthening the product line for long term support. He will also strengthen the company’s expertise in navigating regulatory frameworks and aviation safety.

Coordinating delivery of regulatory compliance and certification worldwide

Jonathan said: “Global aviation is the most complex real-world system there is. It is highly regulated, spans every time zone and tens of thousands of companies and people’s lives depend on it every day. The products OEMs built five, 10 and 20 years ago remain the backbone of that system and keeping them working is one of the most interesting problems to solve anywhere. Ontic is part of the foundation that makes that possible and solving hard problems is what drives me.”

Jonathan brings over 20 years’ experience across the aerospace industry and a wealth of regulatory and certification expertise. He joins Ontic from AeroTEC in Seattle, where as Head of Engineering he led a team of more than 100 engineers across flight sciences, avionics, electrical systems, test and certification.

Prior to this, he was Director of Program Management and Systems Engineering & Integration at Radia in Boulder, Colorado, where he recruited more than 25 tier-1 suppliers for a new mission aircraft. He also spent 15 years at The Boeing Company, leading avionics development and certification across Boeing’s commercial aeroplanes and systems integration on the 737 MAX programme.

Brian Sartain, COO at Ontic, said: “Our customers trust us to keep critical aircraft systems flying for decades. Jonathan’s depth of experience in aerospace engineering, safety and certification makes him the right person to lead our technical authority globally. His appointment strengthens the offering we bring to customers and it reflects our ongoing commitment to delivering for a lifetime of flight.”