Provide engineering support as required, including but not limited to, tooling, fabricating, machining, and testing                   

Physical Demands:

• Considerable amount of time spent operating motorized vehicles

Materials:

• Continual use of adhesives, cleaners, fasteners, liquid coatings, lubricants, metals, office supplies, plastics, solvents, styrofoam and woods
• Moderate use of alkalis, fuels and sealants
• Rare use of acids

Tools:

• Continual use of composite tools and equipment, including but not limited to, bench/fixed tools, conventional hand tools, eye protection, foot protection, keyboard equipment, office equipment, portable power tools, powered industrial trucks, brakepress and shear
• Occasional use of ear protection, hand/arm protection, precision machining tools, protective clothing, protective head gear and respiratory protection

Working Conditions:

• Continual amount of time working in general shop conditions and/or outdoors
• Continual exposure to fluorescent lights, hot weather, cold weather, humid weather and wet weather
• Continual exposure to toxic or caustic chemicals, moving mechanical parts, high exposed places and working with explosives or flammables
• Moderate exposure to non-weather related hot, wet and humid temperatures/conditions
• Occasional exposure to very loud noise intensity levels
• Occasional exposure to non-weather related cold temperatures
• Occasional overtime may be required
• Occasional overnight travel may be required

ABOUT US:

HSGI, Inc. is a full service staffing company supplying qualified technical and professional employees to the most reputable companies in the Aerospace/Aircraft industry—across the United States and abroad.

• Tug Operator Qualification 
• Airframe Certificate preferred
• Blueprint II Certificate preferred

TASKS-Performed with minimal supervision as necessary

• Adhere to General Work Requirements
• Perform final assembly on experimental equipment and tire build-up for flight test designated aircraft
• Modify flight test aircraft components per engineering requirements
• Assist in working with production to build or assemble first and any designated aircraft and experimental/production equipment
• Perform minor fabrication and modification of production aircraft parts in accordance with developmental and/or engineering specifications
• Fabricate and modify experimental aircraft parts in accordance with experimental engineering specifications
• Maintain records of changes, inspections and control tire history in tire shop and fabrication shop
• Assist engineering with revising functional test procedures as required
• Set-up fixtures to perform static tests, fatigue tests, pressure tests, bird strikes, and assemble aircraft sections for testing as required
• Prepare aircraft test components and systems for testing
• Perform nondestructive/destructive testing, including but not limited to, cycle tests and ultimate load tests
• Assist with aircraft mock-up in accordance with various flight test configurations
• May perform aircraft testing at offsite locations in support of other divisions and customers needs
• Inspect, maintain, and/or repair ground support equipment as required
• Assist with installation of experimental parts on various aircraft as required
• Order parts and materials required for mock-up, assembly and installations per experimental engineering drawings
• Fabricate and modify repair station detail parts and assemblies in support of defense/customer support aircraft.
• Process and paint fabricated parts for experimental, repair station, and Learjet Production Certificate projects

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, & ABILITIES

• Basic knowledge of aircraft systems
• Working knowledge of blueprints
• Working knowledge in fabrication of sheet metal and/or composite components and assemblies, aircraft parts and ground support equipment per engineering drawings, sketches, advance designs, specifications and/or verbal instructions
• Working knowledge of reading and interpreting aircraft blueprints, drawings, diagrams, and manuals
• Working knowledge of Test Preparation Systems
• Working knowledge of manuals necessary to perform job, for example, Aircraft Maintenance manuals, Manufacturing manuals, equipment manuals, parts catalog and applicable FAA documents
• Working knowledge of flight-line ground safety procedures
• Skills necessary to perform flat pattern lay outs
• Skills necessary to use basic hand tools necessary to perform job
• Skills necessary to measure using a variety of basic and physical measuring devices
• Skills necessary to fabricate and/or assemble various detail parts and components
• Skills necessary to apply sealing compounds
• Skills necessary to troubleshoot aircraft test systems and repair aircraft test equipment discrepancies
• Mechanical ability to use basic hand tools, including but not limited to, rivet gun, drill press, surface grinder, belt sander, sheet metal roller and 90/45 degree drills
• Mechanical ability to use powered shop equipment tools, including but not limited to, shear, band saw and brake
• Advanced sheet metal skills
• Advanced composite skills
• Ability to use and interpret a variety of precision measurement instruments