Senior Aircraft Technician (Avionics)

About the role

Airbus Helicopters is looking for a Senior Aircraft Technician (Avionics) to join our Maintenance & Repair (MAR) team in Grand Prairie, TX. You will be part of a small team that performs work on assigned electronic components. You will perform repair or replacement of electronic components and systems, conduct operational checks to verify proper functioning of components, and diagnose malfunctions or failures and make adjustments, repairs or replacements of parts or circuitry.

Meet the team

From building to servicing the next generation of aerospace, our team focuses on quality, productivity and efficiency. We ensure the highest quality of care and safety is built into each aircraft we assemble and maintain. Our team members make it happen.

Your working environment

A suburb just outside the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area is home to Airbus Helicopters U.S. regional headquarters, where we have more than 1,000 employees.

Your challenges

• Perform work on assigned units from component maintenance manuals.
• Ensure repairs and completed work are done in accordance with FAA regulations, customer requirements, and company processes.
• Complete maintenance orders pertaining to completion of assigned work.
• Operate and set up auto test, bench test equipment in accordance with Component Maintenance Manuals.
• Diagnose faults by troubleshooting and isolating fault from LRU level to SRU level, and finally component level (transistor, resistor, capacitor, integrated circuits, diodes, etc.).
• Use touch-up and through-hole soldering skills to remove and replace components on printed circuit board using component maintenance manual.
• Ensure Electrostatic Sensitive Devices (ESD) processes are adhered to at all phases of the repair process.

Your boarding pass

• Minimum of six (6) years of bench technician/component level repair in electronics.
• FCC License and Through Hole-Soldering Certification is HIGHLY desirable.
• Ability to read and interpret electronic schematics.
• Ability to diagnose, identify and repair defective electronic components on printed circuit board (PCB).
• Must be able to read, write, and speak English.

Physical Requirements

• Onsite or remote: 90% Onsite
• Vision: able to see and read computer screens and other electronic equipment with screens, able to read documents, reports and engineering drawings (Daily)
• Hearing: able to participate in conversations in person and via teleconference or phone and to hear sounds on the production floor including safety warnings or alarms (Daily)
• Speaking: able to speak in conversations and meetings, deliver information and participate in communications (Daily)
• Equipment Operation: able to operate most office and personal electronic equipment and some tools including production tools such as hydraulic lifts (Daily)
• Carrying: able to carry documents, tools, drawings, electronic equipment up to 30 lbs/14 kg (Daily)
• Lifting: able to lift documents, tools, drawings, electronic equipment up to 60 lbs/27 kg (Daily)
• Pushing / Pulling: able to push and pull small office furniture and some equipment and tools (Daily)
• Sitting: able to sit for long periods of time in meetings, working on the computer (Daily)
• Squatting / Kneeling: able to squat or kneel to retrieve or replace items stored on low shelving (Weekly)
• Climbing: Must be able to climb ladders and aircraft foot holds on a daily basis to reach the top of the aircraft for inspections and/or maintenance activities (Daily)
• Standing: able to stand for discussions in offices or on the production floor (Daily)
• Travel: able to travel independently and at short notice (As needed or required)
• Walking: able to walk through office and production areas including uneven surfaces (Daily)
• Personal Protective Equipment required: Required PPE includes, but is not limited to, safety shoes, safety glasses, hearing protection, respirators/masks, and/or protective gloves as required by site and/or customer site
• Administrative position only PPE required: Steel-toed shoes are required for all shop floor visits; appropriate hearing/eye protection may also be required when visiting the shop floor

Clearance

US Person under ITAR definition (for example: U.S. Citizen, green card holder or person covered under our existing ITAR license)