Aircraft Mechanic III (F-15) Avionics/Electrician

Job Description

Job Description

General Description

Aircraft mechanical personnel support F-15 aircraft maintenance operations. This position may be at either one of our locations based at Mountain Home Air Force Base, ID and/ or Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, NC and requires CONUS/OCONUS travel to support maintenance operations throughout the United States and overseas. Ideal candidates are experienced F-15 avionics/electrical technicians with a strong background in troubleshooting, repairing, modifying, and maintaining aircraft electrical, wiring, avionics, and associated systems to ensure aircraft mission readiness.

Duties

• Perform inspection, troubleshooting, repair, modification, removal, installation, and operational testing of aircraft avionics and electrical systems and components.
• Troubleshoot complex electrical and avionics system malfunctions using applicable technical data, wiring diagrams, schematics, test equipment, and fault-isolation procedures.
• Inspect, repair, modify, fabricate, route, terminate, and install aircraft wiring, cables, connectors, harnesses, and associated components.
• Perform continuity, resistance, insulation, voltage, and other applicable electrical checks using approved test equipment and procedures.
• Remove and install avionics line-replaceable units, electrical components, control units, panels, wiring assemblies, and associated equipment.
• Perform aircraft modification and installation activities in accordance with applicable Technical Orders (TOs), Time Compliance Technical Orders (TCTOs), engineering drawings, work instructions, and other approved technical data.
• Perform inspection, installation, cleaning, testing, and maintenance of fiber optic cables and associated components when properly qualified.
• Utilize required Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) protective measures when handling sensitive avionics, electronic components, memory modules, and circuit card assemblies.
• Interpret and apply technical publications, wiring diagrams, engineering drawings, schematics, maintenance manuals, and other technical documentation.
• Perform preflight, thru-flight, post-flight, and other aircraft maintenance inspections as assigned and within applicable qualifications.
• Document maintenance, modification, inspection, and corrective actions in applicable aircraft forms, records, and maintenance information systems.
• Identify technical data, configuration, installation, or maintenance discrepancies and elevate conditions requiring additional technical or engineering guidance.
• Maintain accountability and control of tools, test equipment, parts, and materials in accordance with applicable Tool Control and Foreign Object Debris (FOD) prevention requirements.
• Ensure calibrated test equipment and support equipment are used within applicable calibration requirements.
• Provide technical guidance and assistance to Aircraft Mechanic I and II personnel as assigned.
• Assist with training and qualifications of less-experienced personnel within areas of demonstrated technical expertise.
• Coordinate work activities with Production Control, Quality, Engineering, and other maintenance disciplines to support aircraft schedules and mission requirements.
• Comply with applicable safety, security, environmental, quality, and aircraft maintenance requirements.

• Perform other aircraft avionics/electrical maintenance and modification duties within the employee's qualifications and assigned labor category.

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Four to six years of aircraft avionics and/or electrical maintenance experience at the organizational, intermediate, or depot level. F-15 experience is preferred.
• Formal avionics or aircraft electrical training from a military technical school or accredited trade school is preferred.
• U.S. Air Force AFSC 2A3X4 / 2A3X4B (Fighter Aircraft Integrated Avionics, F-15) or 2A6X6 (Aircraft Electrical and Environmental Systems), or equivalent, is preferred.
• Ability to read and apply wiring diagrams, schematics, technical orders, and related technical data.
• FCC license or FAA Airframe and Powerplant certificate is desired but not required.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a valid U.S. passport and any required visas or travel documentation for CONUS/OCONUS travel.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance with favorable Tier 3/Secret adjudication and remain eligible for installation access, a Common Access Card, and required Government information-system access.
• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Must be able to work the normal Monday-Friday day shift, 0700-1530, and approved overtime or adjusted schedules when mission requirements change.
• Must hold a valid state driver's license when vehicle or airfield-operation duties are assigned.
• Must comply with Tyonek, installation, OSHA, environmental, safety, security, FOD-prevention, tool-control, and hazardous-material procedures applicable to assigned work.
• Must be able to workday shift, night shift, weekends, holidays, overtime, or adjusted schedules as required.
• We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform post-offer, pre-employment substance-abuse testing.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

• Must be able to walk and stand on level and/or inclined surfaces for certain periods throughout the day.
• Must be able to climb stairs, ramps, ladders, and work stands.
• Must be able to crouch, crawl, grasp or handle objects, use finger dexterity, bend elbow/knee and reach above/below shoulders.
• May be required to lift up to 35 pounds.
• May be required to read dials/gauges, identify small objects and hand tools.
• Must be able to see imperfections, micrometer readings and other small scales.
• Must be able to communicate by voice and detect sound by ear.
• Must be able to distinguish color and judge three-dimensional depth.

TNC and its subsidiaries fall under ANCSA and are entitled under Federal Law to extend hiring preferences to its shareholders. ANCSA provides TNC the authority to give shareholder preference in hiring. TNC reaffirms its belief in equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants for employment. Tyonek is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and a VEVRAA governed Federal Contractor who affords equal employment opportunity to protected veterans and people with disabilities. TNC provides all employees and job applicants equal employment opportunities in hiring and promotion without regard to age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, religion, color, veteran status, genetic information, physical or mental disability, national origin or any other reason prohibited by law.

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