Flight Test Technician 2/3

About the role

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Flight Test Technician 2/3 to join our team in Emerado, North Dakota. This role involves performing developmental, experimental, and production aircraft maintenance, repair, modification, installation, and testing tasks in specialized fields such as electrical, electronic, mechanical, or instrumentation.

Responsibilities

• Instructs, coordinates, and performs duties/functions of Flight Test personnel in area(s) of assignment.
• Determines the sequence for installing, removing, maintaining, repairing, or fabricating critical aircraft components, or electrical, electronic, mechanical, or instrumentation systems.
• Performs testing, rework, and repair in various fields of specialization.
• Applies shop theory and skills in accomplishing assigned tasks working from incomplete engineering, electronic data, blueprints, sketches, engineering drawings, technical orders, and written and verbal instructions.
• Works from blueprints, engineering orders, schematics, repair manuals, and other technical documents on aircraft electrical, electronic, mechanical, plumbing, and hydraulics, power plant, structures, or instrumentation systems.
• Performs drilling, reaming, fitting, assembly, trimming, riveting, splicing, insulating, and other associated duties as assigned.
• Constructs, troubleshoots, calibrates, adjusts, tests, and maintains various types of complex aircraft equipment, components, devices, or systems.
• Performs modifications and adjustments as necessary.
• Notifies lead personnel or supervision of any/all malfunctions, defects, and damages of equipment, material, and product.
• Checks work for completeness and accuracy.
• Performs Production Accountability duties associated with the processing, verification, quality auditing, and inspection of assemblies, parts, and tooling for which the individual has been delegated production accountability.
• May be required to work in other fields incidental to, and in connection with completion of assignment.

Qualifications

• High School degree or equivalent, and 2 years of relevant experience as a flight test technician, field technician, or relevant related technician experience for Level 2.
• Relevant Associate's degree and 2 years of related flight test technician, field technician, or relevant related technician experience for Level 3.
• Ability to obtain and maintain an active DoD Secret or higher clearance (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
• Ability to perform moderately to strenuous physical and repetitious work to include bending, stooping, kneeling, and lifting up to 25 pounds.
• The ability to work in an outside environment at various times of year.
• The ability to pass Medical/Respiratory Exam.
• Ability to travel approximately 10% of the time.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting aircraft ground operations, maintenance, and/or modifications.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience with Aircraft structures and electrical components/wiring.
• AA degree or other two-year technical degree or Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) license.
• Prior RQ-4 or MQ-4 experience.
• Prior aircraft maintenance military experience.