Aircraft Maintenance D - MSS | Avionics

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Job Title:
Aircraft Maintenance D – Mission Systems Specialist / Avionics Technician

Job Code: 46073


Job Location :
Hurlburt Field / Eglin AFB, FL (Onsite)

Job Schedule: 5/8:
Employees work 8 hours per day, 5 days a week;
Rotating Shifts - Mission Dependent

Job Description:

The Mission Systems Specialist / Avionics Technician is responsible for the scheduled/unscheduled maintenance, troubleshooting, repair, testing, calibration, and configuration of OA-1K Skyraider II / Air Tractor 802U mission systems, avionics, communications, and associated electronic equipment. Performs maintenance in support of aircrew missions using applicable technical data, manuals, schematics, engineering drawings, and approved procedures.

Essential Functions:

• Ability to obtain a US Secret security clearance.
• Maintains OA-1K Skyraider II / Air Tractor 802U mission systems, avionics, communications, and associated electronic equipment in support of aircrew missions.
• Launches and recovers aircraft and performs required inspections to ensure mission-system and avionics serviceability.
• Adjusts, aligns, tests, and calibrates aircraft mission-system and avionics components.
• Performs functional checks of aircraft avionics, communications, mission systems, and associated electronic equipment.
• Performs scheduled and unscheduled inspections in accordance with Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) established procedures/specifications.
• Uses applicable technical data/manuals when performing aircraft mission-system maintenance and to troubleshoot aircraft/system discrepancies.
• Applies technical knowledge of satellite communications architectures, TDMA protocols, UHF radio-frequency transponders, antenna theory, and UHF SATCOM systems.
• Troubleshoots and repairs UHF SATCOM equipment, including modulation/demodulation components, preamplifiers, bandpass filters, diplexers, antennas, and associated RF components.
• Performs approved software configuration and administration of mission-system equipment and applications.
• Applies knowledge of aircraft computer architectures, interfaces, network standards, and WAN protocols in support of mission-system maintenance.
• Performs in-progress and follow-up inspections during and upon completion of maintenance actions. Researches, orders, and receives aircraft mission-system parts.
• Prepares parts for turn-in back into the supply system. Initiates material deficiency reports as required.
• Maintains hand and special tools, test equipment, and support equipment in a safe and serviceable condition.
• Responsible for site, customer, and company tool accountability procedures to include reporting unserviceable tools and equipment to the appropriate responsible party.
• Annotates equipment/tools inspection and condition documents.
• Performs serviceability checks prior to operating powered and non-powered support equipment.
• Complies with established policies, procedures, and standards.
• Willingness and ability to assist in training newly assigned personnel as required.
• Practices good housekeeping, tool…