Tuğba Ünlü Timurkaynak is an experienced aerospace professional currently serving as an Airworthiness and Certification Specialist at Airbus since December 2023. Prior to this role, Timurkaynak was a Project Certification Manager at Vertical Aerospace, managing the VX4 project and fulfilling roles as a Designated Airworthiness Engineer and Compliance Verification Engineer. Timurkaynak also worked at the Presidency of Defence Industries as a Certification Specialist and Project Certification Manager, coordinating various flight performance certification panels for military aircraft projects. With a decade of experience at Turkish Aerospace Industries as a Technical Specialist in Flight Mechanics, Timurkaynak has expertise in flight dynamics, stability analysis, and simulation. Additionally, Timurkaynak contributed to research projects at Tubitak and holds a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering along with an MBA from Middle East Technical University.