High School Diploma or equivalent (GED) with 10 years of Aircraft Avionics Experience
Job Description:
Seeking an Electronics Maintenance Technician and supporting a maintenance program with Northrop Grumman in Lake Charles, LA. The Navy E-6 is an airborne command post and communications relay based on the Boeing 707 platform The aircraft are utilized primarily for long-range patrols along the entire U.S. border, and in source and transit zone countries. This platform, now modified to the E-6B standard, conveys instructions from the National Command Authority to fleet ballistic missile submarines, a mission known as TACAMO ("Take Charge And Move Out") This is a Service Contract Act position. These positions may be hired for the Any Shift.
Your duties include:
- Applies advanced technical knowledge to solve complex problems that typically cannot be solved solely by referencing manufacturers'''' manuals or similar documents. Examples of such problems include determining the location and density of circuitry, evaluating electromagnetic radiation, isolating malfunctions, and incorporating engineering; changes.
- Use your understanding of the interrelationships of circuits, exercising independent judgment in performing such tasks as making circuit analyses, calculating wave forms, and tracing relationships in signal flow, using complex test instruments such as high-frequency pulse generators, frequency synthesizers, distortion analyzers, and complex computer control equipment.
- Installs, tests, troubleshoots and repairs aircraft avionics and electrical system components in accordance with testing, engineering, maintenance, and installation directives.
- Performs aircraft maintenance, repair, modification, installation, and testing tasks.
- Determines the sequence for installing, removing, maintaining, repairing, or fabricating critical aircraft components, or electrical/electronic, mechanical, or instrumentation systems.
- Performs testing, rework, and repair in various fields of specialization.
- Applies shop theory and skills in accomplishing assigned tasks working from incomplete engineering, electronic data, blueprints, sketches, engineering drawings, technical orders, and written and verbal instructions.
- Works from blueprints, engineering orders, schematics, repair manuals, and other technical documents on aircraft electrical/electronic, mechanical, plumbing, and hydraulics, power plant, structures, or instrumentation systems.
- Constructs, troubleshoots, calibrates, adjusts, tests, and maintains various types of complex aircraft equipment, components, devices, or systems.
- Notifies lead personnel or supervisors of any / all malfunctions, defects, and damages of equipment, material, and product.
- Work in other fields incidental to, and in connection with the completion of the assignment.
- Recommend and implement continuous improvement activities in production methods, equipment performance, and team effectiveness
- Work may be reviewed by the supervisor for general compliance with accepted practices. This position may provide technical guidance to lower-level technicians.
Basic Qualifications:
- High School Diploma or equivalent (GED) with 10 years of Aircraft Avionics Experience
- Able to perform work in an approved environment during specified work hours
- Able to change physical locations based upon need (including physical ability to travel)
- Ability to be subject to a variety of physical conditions
- Able to wear a respirator or other safety gear
- Ability to be subject to areas that could cause various phobias due to height or closed spaces
- Able to use a variety of manual hand tools such as crimpers, strippers, wire cutters, heat shrink guns, etc.
- Able to obtain/maintain a Top Secret DoD clearance
Preferred Qualifications:
- E-6B experience
- Experience performing new modifications/testing
- Experience implementing and/or developing new test procedures
- A current Secret or higher clearance.
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