Engineering Technician Sr HC-144 Avionics

Integral Federal•Elizabeth City, NC

2d•Onsite

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 avionics engineering and technical support for USCG aircraft, including technical directive review, logistics support, configuration management, spare-parts breakout projects, market research, reverse engineering, technical documentation, and aircraft maintenance support. The technician coordinates work with government personnel and engineering, product-line, and supply teams, and submits deliverables and recommendations to the Government for acceptance. The position develops and reviews aircraft technical documents and products, including technical manuals, maintenance procedure cards, technical change orders, service requests, configuration-control packages, engineering specifications, technical drawings, schematics, and publication-change recommendations. It also supports modification development and implementation, part manufacture and testing, troubleshooting, parts and kit tracking, and investigations of product quality deficiency reports. Work is performed in accordance with applicable ALC and USCG instructions, process guides, and documented guidelines.

Requirements

At least eight years of HC-144 experience troubleshooting avionics systems, including autoflight, 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 applying engineering specifications to resolve engineering technical questions.
Ability to resolve technical aircraft issues and recommend aircraft-part repair or fabrication, or 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 and submit recommendations to the applicable engineering cell leader for Government action; implement Government-approved recommendations and track them through completion.
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, price, availability, quality initiatives, source approval and validation, vendor capabilities, and past performance; conduct or coordinate site surveys as needed.
Conduct reverse-engineering work, including preparing Level III technical data packages and drawings, reviewing drawing accuracy, coordinating local manufacture, and coordinating or conducting first-article and prototype installation or testing, including the FFF process.
Identify and assess reliability and maintainability problems and recommend resolutions.
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 backup documentation, and submit them to the Government for acceptance.
Generate TCTOs for applicable aircraft subsystems, assemblies, or parts; assist with validation and verification; track Government-ordered parts; assemble TCTO kits using Government-provided parts; and deliver documentation and kits for acceptance.
Generate ACCB packages and submit them to the Government for acceptance.
Execute Service Requests and generate Engineering Service Requests; submit the associated information for Government acceptance.
Write MPCs to support aircraft maintenance and submit MPC documentation for Government acceptance.
Write engineering specifications, including schematics and figures, documenting approved depot-level repairs and processes, and submit products for Government acceptance.
Review CG-22 recommendations for changes to aeronautical publications through TMAOS; assess applicability, relevance, and technical requirements; submit recommendations, and act on approved recommendations.
Review SICRs generated by other sources and recommend AMC/AMSC and flight-criticality codes to the Government for acceptance.
Review draft technical publications and drawings, including wiring diagrams, for content and format; submit recommendations and act on approved recommendations.
Assist in PQDR investigations; submit recommendations and act on approved recommendations.
Provide troubleshooting assistance to air stations and technical interface to field activities and vendors.
Provide ad hoc data, including equipment serial numbers for new or inducted aircraft, information available in ALMIS, and aircraft specifications from existing documents or sources.