Engineering Technician Sr HC-144 Avionics

Integral•Elizabeth City, NC

About The Position

The Engineering Technician Sr HC-144 Avionics supports the C130H/J Avionics and Projects Element of the LRS Product Line Branch in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. The role provides engineering and technical support for USCG aircraft, including avionics troubleshooting, logistics support, technical data development, configuration management, parts breakout and reverse engineering, and maintenance documentation. The technician coordinates with Government personnel and engineering, product-line, and supply teams, and submits work products and recommendations to the Government for acceptance. The position also supports field activities and vendors, investigates product quality issues, reviews technical publications and drawings, and develops documentation for aircraft modifications, repairs, and sustainment. Work is performed in accordance with applicable ALC and USCG instructions, process guides, and technical standards.

Requirements

At least eight years of HC-144 experience troubleshooting avionics systems, including auto flight, communications, radar, electrical power, indicating and recording systems, lighting, navigation, and 1553 data bus systems, in accordance with aircraft maintenance manuals.
At least eight years of experience developing and implementing avionics-related prototypes and modifications, including hands-on implementation and draft technical data development (text, drawings, schematics, and diagrams) for aircraft technical publications.
Experience developing and writing DHS TCTOs or DoD equivalents with only minor direction.
Experience developing and writing DHS MPCs or DoD equivalents, including schematics and figures.
Experience submitting Aeronautical Publication Change Recommendations to correct or update MPCs and other publications.
Experience interpreting manufacturers’ blueprints and technical drawings and understanding engineering specifications to resolve engineering technical questions.
Ability to resolve technical aircraft issues and recommend aircraft-part fabrication or repair, including airframe repairs.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of DHS/DoD aeronautical engineering policies, ECPs, the SICR process, and the FFF process for prototyping efforts.

Responsibilities

Monitor OEM, USCG, and other services’ technical directives for applicability to USCG aircraft; recommend actions to the applicable engineering cell leader, carry out Government-approved recommendations, and track their implementation.
Initiate, conduct, and complete SPBO projects, including full and limited screen breakouts; coordinate with the Product Line Manager, Engineering Cell, and Supply Cell; provide potential cost-avoidance information; and submit documentation and recommendations for Government acceptance.
Conduct market research on technical data packages, pricing, availability, quality initiatives, source approval and validation, vendor capabilities, and vendor past performance; coordinate site surveys with the Government as needed.
Conduct reverse-engineering work, including assembling Level III technical data packages, creating and reviewing technical drawings, coordinating local manufacture, and coordinating or conducting first-article and prototype installation or testing, including the FFF process.
Identify, assess, and recommend resolutions for reliability and maintainability problems; submit reverse-engineering documentation and recommendations to the Government for acceptance.
Write, review, and update policy, procedure, and process documents, including technical manuals, MPCs, TCTOs, SICRs, ESRs, SRs, PQDRs, ACCB requests, COMDTINST manuals, and process guides.
Generate SICRs for applicable aircraft parts, provide supporting documentation, and submit them for Government acceptance.
Generate TCTOs for applicable aircraft subsystems, assemblies, or parts; assist with their validation and verification; and submit TCTO documentation for Government acceptance.
Track parts ordered by the Government for TCTO kits, assemble kits using Government-provided parts, and deliver information and kits to the Government for acceptance.
Generate ACCB packages and submit them to the Government for acceptance.
Execute Service Requests and submit related information to the Government for acceptance in accordance with applicable procedures.
Generate Engineering Service Requests and submit related information to the Government for acceptance.
Write MPCs that enable technicians to sustain the aircraft and submit MPC documentation to the Government for acceptance.
Write engineering specifications, including schematics and figures, documenting approved depot-level repairs and processes; submit products to the Government for acceptance.
Review CG-22 recommendations for changes to aeronautical publications, submit them through TMAOS for applicability, relevance, and technical requirements, and recommend action for Government acceptance; act on approved recommendations.
Review SICRs generated by other sources, recommend AMC/AMSC and flight-criticality codes to the Government, and submit recommendations for acceptance.
Review drafts of technical publications and drawings, including wiring diagrams, for content and format; recommend actions for Government acceptance and act on approved recommendations.
Assist in investigating PQDRs, submit recommendations for Government acceptance, and act on approved recommendations.
Provide troubleshooting assistance to air stations and serve as a technical interface for field activities and vendors.
Provide data on an ad hoc basis, including equipment serial numbers for new or inducted aircraft, information available in ALMIS, and aircraft specifications from existing documents or sources.