Provide 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.

Provide superior technical expertise in troubleshooting and repairing system discrepancies to ensure minimum schedule impact.

Demonstrate 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 insuring that the company goals of Safety and Quality are enforced all times while adhering to daily work plans to maintain schedule requirements.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
Essential Functions:
1. Demonstrates superior technical skills and expertise in avionics and aircraft systems operational testing and troubleshooting. Provide 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 on aircraft 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 to others 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 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. Provide the knowledge and technical expertise in testing and maintaining test equipment and electronic systems and components as required.
10. Ability to read and interpret basic blueprints and schematic diagrams.
11. Enforces the company FOD program, tool control program, 5-S program and all safety regulations.

1. Self inspection capability for all avionics testing functions in applicable areas.
2. Performs other duties as assigned.

Education:
High School graduate or GED.

2 yrs of accredited schooling in aviation/electronics, 4 yrs exp; or 6 yrs related work exp in an avionics/electronic position. Proficiency in the operation/troubleshooting of A/C systems other than avionics as well as A&P license or FCC preferred.

Skills:
Previous Flt Test, Active Flt Line operation, system troubleshooting, structural mods - preferred