Title:  Aircraft Maintenance D - MSS | Avionics

Job Title: Aircraft Maintenance D – Mission Systems Specialist / Avionics Technician 
Job Code: 46073
Job Location: Hurlburt Field / Eglin AFB, FL (Onsite)
Job Schedule: 5/8: Employees work 8 hours per day, 5 days a week; Rotating Shifts – Mission Dependent

Job Description:

The Mission Systems Specialist / Avionics Technician is responsible for the scheduled/unscheduled maintenance, troubleshooting, repair, testing, calibration, and configuration of OA-1K Skyraider II / Air Tractor 802U mission systems, avionics, communications, and associated electronic equipment. Performs maintenance in support of aircrew missions using applicable technical data, manuals, schematics, engineering drawings, and approved procedures.

Essential Functions:

• Ability to obtain a US Secret security clearance.
• Maintains OA-1K Skyraider II / Air Tractor 802U mission systems, avionics, communications, and associated electronic equipment in support of aircrew missions.
• Launches and recovers aircraft and performs required inspections to ensure mission-system and avionics serviceability.
• Adjusts, aligns, tests, and calibrates aircraft mission-system and avionics components.
• Performs functional checks of aircraft avionics, communications, mission systems, and associated electronic equipment.
• Performs scheduled and unscheduled inspections in accordance with Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) established procedures/specifications.
• Uses applicable technical data/manuals when performing aircraft mission-system maintenance and to troubleshoot aircraft/system discrepancies.
• Applies technical knowledge of satellite communications architectures, TDMA protocols, UHF radio-frequency transponders, antenna theory, and UHF SATCOM systems.
• Troubleshoots and repairs UHF SATCOM equipment, including modulation/demodulation components, preamplifiers, bandpass filters, diplexers, antennas, and associated RF components.
• Performs approved software configuration and administration of mission-system equipment and applications.
• Applies knowledge of aircraft computer architectures, interfaces, network standards, and WAN protocols in support of mission-system maintenance.
• Performs in-progress and follow-up inspections during and upon completion of maintenance actions. Researches, orders, and receives aircraft mission-system parts.
• Prepares parts for turn-in back into the supply system. Initiates material deficiency reports as required.
• Maintains hand and special tools, test equipment, and support equipment in a safe and serviceable condition.
• Responsible for site, customer, and company tool accountability procedures to include reporting unserviceable tools and equipment to the appropriate responsible party.
• Annotates equipment/tools inspection and condition documents.
• Performs serviceability checks prior to operating powered and non-powered support equipment.
• Complies with established policies, procedures, and standards.
• Willingness and ability to assist in training newly assigned personnel as required.
• Practices good housekeeping, tool control, FOD awareness/prevention, and safety at all times.
• Assists assigned personnel in researching and requisitioning aircraft mission-system parts and components and in determining the reparability and serviceability of these assets.
• Monitors bench stock items and tool inventory inspections.
• Completes maintenance documentation using required forms.
• Discusses discrepancies with aircrews to secure adequate troubleshooting information and flight data.
• Maintains strict compliance with all required Communications Security (COMSEC) and Transmission Security (TRANSEC) policies and procedures.
• In-depth working knowledge of aircraft safety directives.
• Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English.
• In-depth knowledge of aircraft/vehicle movement and safety/hazards of flight-line operations.
• In-depth knowledge of using aircraft technical publications—read, interpret, follow—and basic comprehension of schematic diagrams, drawings, and charts.
• Strong working knowledge of maintenance database technology, including input and extraction of data.
• Willingness and ability to work shifts as assigned and travel as part of a maintenance recovery team if required. CONUS and OCONUS deployment may be required.
• Willingness and ability to work in the established OCONUS work/living environment, work shift schedules as assigned 7 days a week, 12 hours a day to support mission requirements.
• Other related duties as required to support contract and mission requirements.

Qualifications:

• Requires a High School Diploma or equivalent and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience or 2 years post-Secondary/Associates Degree with a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience.
• Ability to complete/pass a required DCMA physical exam and CRC course prior to OCONUS deployment.
• Valid State Driver’s License.
• Valid US Passport.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Active US Secret security clearance.
• Strongly prefer recent OA-1K Skyraider II / Air Tractor 802U or similar aircraft mission-systems and avionics experience on civilian or military platforms.
• Formal or Specialized Training/Equivalent on assigned aircraft mission systems, avionics, communications, and electronic equipment.
• Experience in directly related ISR systems operations and maintenance.
• Experience in the use of common hand and special tools/testers as required for aircraft avionics and mission-system maintenance.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Work Environment:

The diversity of working conditions both CONUS and OCONUS range from an environment where there is little or no physical discomfort, to an environment where there are austere conditions and/or inclement weather that may subject the individual to severe changes in temperature, wind, rain, etc. May be required to work in areas where high noise hazards, exposure to fumes, airborne particles, and electrical shock hazards exist.

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