Avionics & Electrical Technician Sr

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Job description

Job Title: Avionics/Electrical Tech Sr
Job Type: Full Time; Contract
Location: Dallas, TX
Schedule: 2nd Shift
Pay Rate: $37.86 per hour

Position Purpose:
Provides leadership, technical expertise and guidance while performing various operational, functional tests and repairs of avionics/electronic, aircraft equipment and systems to ensure a defect free aircraft. Provides superior technical expertise in testing, troubleshooting and repairing system discrepancies to ensure minimum schedule impact. Demonstrates technical expertise and leadership by defining and implementing process changes to reduce cost and meet schedule without compromising Safety or Quality. Demonstrates the knowledge and leadership skills required to fill in for the team leader thus ensuring that the company goals of Safety and Quality are enforced all times while adhering to daily work plans to maintain schedule requirements.

Education and Experience Requirements:
High School Diploma or GED required.
Six (6) years experience in an avionics/electrical career field; or two (2) years of accredited schooling in aviation electronics and four (4) years related experience.
A & P license, FCC license or NCATT certification preferred; A&P preferred.

Principle Duties and Responsibilities:
Essential Functions:
1. Demonstrates superior technical skills and expertise in avionics and aircraft systems operational testing and troubleshooting. Provides direct training to personnel to support company cross-training goals while ensuring a safety conscience, quality oriented, skilled workforce.
2. Teaches the installation and functionally testing of electrical/avionics components and systems per Engineering specifications, drawings and maintenance manuals ensuring a defect free system.
3. Ensures quality and efficiency of all installations: troubleshoots and teaches troubleshooting processes/concepts to provide timely, quality repairs of malfunctioning systems.
4. Demonstrates the skills and knowledge required to effective and efficiently repair or replace defective components and wiring to ensure installations meet conformity. Demonstrates effective repair techniques using acceptable practices including splicing, soldering and pinning of wiring.
5. Oversees the performance and compliance with engineering changes and modifications as required.
6. Sets up and operates necessary test equipment. Conducts functional and operational tests to evaluate performance and reliability.
7. Demonstrates through diligent compliance the importance of maintaining daily logs and other paperwork. Ensures that all work performed on the aircraft is properly and completely documented.
8. As required, pre-inspects work of others prior to submitting to inspection for approval to reduce rework and inspection time.
9. Provides the knowledge and technical expertise in testing and maintaining test equipment and electronic systems and components as required.
10. Enforces the company FOD program, tool control program, 5-S program and all safety regulations.
11. Adapts to sudden schedule changes.
12. Coordinates with other disciplines concerning projects.

Additional Functions:
1. Where required, teaches the installation and functionally testing of electrical/avionics components and systems per Engineering specifications, drawings and maintenance manuals ensuring a defect free system.
2. Self inspection capability for all avionics testing functions in applicable areas.
3. In support of aircraft certification and final phase testing, may include flight tests on aircraft as required.
Perform other duties as assigned.

Other Requirements:
1. Preferred proficiency in the operation and troubleshooting of other aircraft systems or disciplines other than avionics, such as hydraulics, landing gear, flight controls, environmental controls or structural installations and repairs.
2. APU run qualification and engine run qualification preferred.
3. Ability to read and interpret basic blueprints and schematic diagrams.
4. Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language.

Pay Details: $37.86 per hour

Benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, EAP program, commuter benefits and a 401K plan. Our benefit offerings provide employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. In addition, our associates may be eligible for paid leave including Paid Sick Leave or any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law, as well as Holiday pay where applicable.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

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The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:

• The California Fair Chance Act
• Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance
• Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers
• San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

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