Return to Service Technician III - Split Shift (Onsite)

Return To Service Technician

At Collins Aerospace, we don't just repair aircraft componentswe restore confidence in every flight. We're seeking a skilled Return to Service Technician to join our Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) team in a unique hybrid role that combines technical repair expertise with quality inspection responsibilities.

This unique position is designed for experienced professionals who enjoy both solving technical challenges and ensuring components meet the highest standards. In this role, you will own the repair process from hands-on troubleshooting and repair through final inspection and Return to Service.

If you thrive in both technical and quality-focused environments and take pride in precision, accountability, and safety, this is an opportunity to make a direct impact on products that help keep aircraft flying around the world.

What You Will Do

• Perform the assembly, disassembly, cleaning, inspection, troubleshooting, repair, testing, and overhaul of aircraft electronic accessories, components, and subassemblies.
• Diagnose product failures and determine appropriate repair, rework, replacement, or disposition while ensuring compliance with FAA regulations, engineering requirements, and company procedures.
• Conduct final inspections to verify product integrity, workmanship, documentation accuracy, and conformance to customer, regulatory, and quality requirements before return to service.
• Generate Authorized Release Certificates (ARC), FAA Form 8130 documentation, Certificates of Conformance, scrap certificates, and other required release documentation.
• Read, interpret, and apply engineering drawings, maintenance manuals, service bulletins, technical data, work instructions, and specifications to complete repairs and inspections.
• Perform functional testing, electrical continuity, insulation resistance, dielectric testing, and unit shakedowns to verify performance and identify loose hardware or foreign objects.
• Record repair and inspection activities within SAP and other operating systems while maintaining complete and accurate maintenance records.
• Partner with technicians, engineering, quality, and customer representatives to resolve technical issues, support audits, and ensure products meet all Return to Service requirements.
• Identify nonconforming conditions, document findings, and coordinate repair or corrective actions to ensure only compliant products are released.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives while maintaining a safe, organized work environment and consistently meeting Environmental, Health & Safety and Quality standards.
• Independently manage work assignments, prioritize multiple activities, and provide technical support to teammates as needed.
• Serve as the site's Final Inspector during the latter portion of the mid shift, ensuring uninterrupted Return to Service support after first-shift operations conclude.
• Split Shift Hours: Monday-Friday 12PM-8:30PM

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires HS diploma (or equivalent, e.g. G.E.D in the US) or vocational/ technical education in related discipline with a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience.
• Ability to meet FAA language requirements under FAR 65.71(a)(2) and FAR 145.155.
• Experience reading and interpreting technical drawings, blueprints, maintenance manuals, and/or work instructions.

Qualifications We Prefer

• 3+ years of experience repairing or inspecting aircraft components in an FAA Part 145 repair station or comparable environment.
• Experience performing Final Inspection or Quality Assurance responsibilities.
• Experience using SAP or other enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.
• Knowledge of FAA regulations, quality systems, and aerospace documentation requirements.

What We Offer

Some of our competitive benefits package includes:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
• Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Student Loan Repayment Program
• Life insurance and disability coverage
• Optional coverages you can buy pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection
• Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits
• Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning
• Adoption Assistance
• Autism Benefit
• Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions
• Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program
• Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits
• Bright Horizons, child and elder care services
• Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program
• And more!

We make modern flight possible for millions of travelers and our military every second. Our major product lines are on-board virtually every aircraft flying. Be it keeping passengers safe with our emergency power generation systems or creating a positive in flight experience through reliable cabin pressure controls and quieter engines, Power & Controls focuses on delivering a best-in-class experience to our customers. We hire the top people in the industry. Their ideas drive our performance, and their integrity keeps our customers happy. Join us as we take flight!