What are your contributions to the team?

Adhere to General Work Requirements
• Assist in working with production to build or assemble first aircraft and experimental/production equipment
• Prepare major aircraft sections for mating
• Perform final assembly, install, and modify first aircraft components, systems, and sub-assemblies, for example, landing gear, engines, flight control surfaces, experimental equipment, and tire build-up
• Perform minor fabrication and modification of production aircraft parts in accordance with developmental and/or engineering specifications
• Fabricate and modify production or experimental aircraft parts in accordance with developmental and/or experimental engineering specifications
• Perform maintenance on experimental aircraft in accordance with applicable technical data
• Perform inspection, adjust, repair, and/or replace components to correct any malfunction or deficiency with and without power applied to aircraft
• Prepare equipment and aircraft article for functional testing
• Assist engineering and vendors with troubleshooting functional tests results and repair, modify, replace, and/or route back to vendor depending upon component
• Assist engineering with revising functional test procedures as required
• Set-up fixtures to perform static tests, fatigue tests, pressure tests, bird strikes, and assemble aircraft sections
• Prepare aircraft components and systems and perform nondestructive/destructive testing, for example, cycle tests and ultimate load test
• Assist with aircraft set-up in accordance with various flight test configurations to assess in-flight handling characteristics of experimental aircraft
• Perform minor troubleshooting and/or minor repair of aircraft components and systems
• May perform aircraft testing at offsite locations in support of other divisions and customers
• Inspect, maintain, and/or repair ground support equipment as required
• Perform basic aircraft handling activities, for example, towing, jacking, and assist with fueling in accordance with Flight Test Directives and OIM
• Assist other employees in the performance of their duties within area(s) of qualification Actively participate in process improvement initiatives as directed or assigned
• Maintain company tools, equipment and work areas to department and company standards
 

How to thrive in this role?

• You typically have 1 year of aircraft mechanical system experience and aircraft sheet metal experience or special skill as required by department
• You have basic knowledge of safety and operating procedures for power-on aircraft systems
• You have an A&P License (preferred)