Are you ready to explore a world of possibilities, both at work and during your time off? Join our American Airlines family, and you’ll travel the world, grow your expertise and become the best version of you. As you embark on a new journey, you’ll tackle challenges with flexibility and grace, learning new skills and advancing your career while having the time of your life. Feel free to enrich both your personal and work life and hop on board!

• ​This job is a member of the Integrated Operation Team within the Integrated Operations Division.
• ​This job provides Flight Operations support in the areas of performance data and publications, weight and balance, route and payload studies and performance data automation.

• Analyzes airport runway information required to create takeoff performance data
• Creates and analyzes Engine-Inoperative Special Turn Procedures for airport runways requiring special departure considerations; coordinate with appropriate Flight Operations personnel to ensure the viability of proposed procedures
• Analyzes mission capabilities for specific city pairs
• Performs weight & balance analysis and maintains aircraft weight records as required
• Creates and loads data required for use of dispatch systems and other support systems
• Creates data required for the Flight Manual (FM) and Performance Handbook (PH)
• Responds to queries by pilots, dispatchers, load agents and operations planning personnel as required
• Responsible for handling aircraft engineering and analysis efforts for operations groups and participating in departmental technology projects
• Provides technical support duties for a fleet of aircraft and will act as business unit coordinator for applications development
• Monitors aircraft performance and related databases, data mining & analysis, developing business case for technology projects, identifying customer requirements, sourcing testing and quality assurance tools, and documentation
• Audits performance data, defines new business processes, use of standard industry analysis techniques such as engineering analysis, data modeling, workflow analysis, and functional decomposition analysis

Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

• ​Bachelors Degree in Engineering
• Knowledge of jet aircraft performance, navigation and/or weight and balance

Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

• Masters degree in Engineering
• 5+ years of experience in aircraft performance or weight & balance engineering
• Experience with Airbus and Boeing performance programs
• Experience with database and programming software
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Software and knowledge of FORTRAN, Visual Basic, C, SQL, .NET, SAS, Java, Excel, Word, PowerPoint and XML/HTM

Skills, Licenses & Certifications

• Ability to effectively communicate operational topics to other employees as well as with manufacturing representatives
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, shift priorities, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment

Feel free to take advantage of all that American Airlines has to offer:

• Travel Perks: Ready to explore the world? You, your family and your friends can reach 365 destinations on more than 6,800 daily flights across our global network.
• Health Benefits: On day one, you’ll have access to your health, dental, prescription and vision benefits to help you stay well. And that’s just the start, we also offer virtual doctor visits, flexible spending accounts and more.
• Wellness Programs: We want you to be the best version of yourself – that’s why our wellness programs provide you with all the right tools, resources and support you need.
• 401(k) Program: Available upon hire and, depending on the workgroup, employer contributions to your 401(k) program are available after one year.
• Additional Benefits: Other great benefits include our Employee Assistance Program, pet insurance and discounts on hotels, cars, cruises and more

From the team members we hire to the customers we serve, inclusion and diversity are the foundation of the dynamic workforce at American Airlines. Our 20+ Employee Business Resource Groups are focused on connecting our team members to our customers, suppliers, communities and shareholders, helping team members reach their full potential and creating an inclusive work environment to meet and exceed the needs of our diverse world.

Are you ready to feel a tremendous sense of pride and satisfaction as you do your part to keep the largest airline in the world running smoothly as we care for people on life’s journey? Feel free to be yourself at American.