Air Vehicle Depot Engineer

Qualifications/Requirements

• Serve as the engineering authority, providing depot disposition approval for structural repairs and non-conforming material on the F-35 airframe.
• Act as the primary government technical liaison between the Ogden Depot and a range of stakeholders, including industry contractors, fleet maintainers, and the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO).
• Ensure flight safety and airworthiness by performing technical assessments of non-standard maintenance issues and develop innovative depot-level repair strategies to enhance readiness and reduce costs.
• Serve as the engineering approval authority for aircraft modification validations/verifications.
• Prepare and present briefings and reports on F-35 technical matters to leadership within the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO), U.S. military services, and international partner organizations.

Duties

• Oversee the development and management of products and services required to sustain operation and ensure airworthiness.
• Manage the requirements for qualified personnel, processes, equipment and ensure requirements are translated into sound engineering products.
• Investigate and facilitate systems engineering objectives between various contractor and government organizations.
• Prepare correspondence, technical reports and instructions for submittal to leadership.
• Determine the best approach to resolve complex technical engineering problems while working closely with the technical domain Subject Matter Experts (SMEs).