Job Description
Avionics / Aircraft Electrical Systems Technician 3
At Gulfstream, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We believe in inspiring and empowering every individual to reach their fullest potential. From workforce development and meaningful connections to a culture of trust, respect, and integrity, we invest in our employees so they can do their best work and achieve success together. Creating and delivering the worlds finest aviation experience starts with our people and when our people thrive, so does our mission.
Why Gulfstream
- Competitive salary
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Generous paid time off
- Opportunity to work on world-class business jets with cutting-edge avionics systems
- A culture built on safety, quality, and continuous improvement
- Career growth supported by training to potentially including A&P fast track program, mentorship, and advancement opportunities
What You Will Do
- Provide advanced technical expertise in testing, troubleshooting, and repairing avionics and aircraft electrical systems
- Perform operational and functional testing to ensure defect-free aircraft delivery
- Install and functionally test avionics/electrical components per engineering specs, drawings, and manuals
- Lead troubleshooting efforts and mentor team members on diagnostics and repair techniques
- Repair or replace defective wiring and components using approved methods (splicing, soldering, pinning)
- Set up and operate test equipment to verify system performance and reliability
- Ensure all work meets conformity standards and is fully documented in logs and required paperwork
- Support engineering changes and modifications while maintaining safety and quality standards
- Pre-inspect work to reduce rework and improve efficiency
- Enforce FOD, tool control, 5S, and all safety programs
- Coordinate across disciplines to meet production schedules and adapt to changing priorities
- Support final phase testing and certification, including potential aircraft flight tests
What You Will Bring
- High School Diploma or GED required
- 5 years of experience in an avionics/electrical field (2 years of accredited aviation electronics schooling may offset experience)
- Strong experience troubleshooting avionics and aircraft electrical systems required
- Business jet avionics troubleshooting experience preferred
- A&P license, FCC license, or NCATT certification preferred
- Ability to read and interpret blueprints and schematic diagrams
- Strong working knowledge of avionics systems and, preferably, other aircraft systems (hydraulics, flight controls, landing gear, environmental systems)
- APU and engine run qualifications preferred
- Proven ability to mentor others and lead technical problem-solving efforts
- Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand English
- Must be able to work any shift
Take your expertise to the next level and be part of a team committed to excellence. Join Gulfstream and help us continue to create and deliver the worlds finest aviation experience.
Education and Experience Requirements
High School Diploma or GED required. 5 years experience in an avionics/electrical career field. 2 years of accredited schooling in aviation electronics may offset two years of experience requirement. A & P license, FCC license or NCATT certification preferred. Position Purpose: Provides technical expertise while performing various operational, functional tests and repairs of avionics/electronic, aircraft equipment and systems to ensure a defect free aircraft. Provides superior technical expertise in testing, troubleshooting and repairing system discrepancies to ensure minimum schedule impact. Demonstrates technical expertise by defining and implementing process changes to reduce cost and meet schedule without compromising Safety or Quality.
Job Description
Principle Duties and Responsibilities: Essential Functions:
- Demonstrates superior technical skills and expertise in avionics and aircraft systems operational testing and troubleshooting.
- Teaches the installation and functionally testing of electrical/avionics components and systems per Engineering specifications, drawings and maintenance manuals ensuring a defect free system.
- Ensures quality and efficiency of all installations: troubleshoots and teaches troubleshooting processes/concepts to provide timely, quality repairs of malfunctioning systems.
- Demonstrates the skills and knowledge required to effective and efficiently repair or replace defective components and wiring to ensure installations meet conformity. Demonstrates effective repair techniques using acceptable practices including splicing, soldering and pinning of wiring.
- Oversees the performance and compliance with engineering changes and modifications as required.
- Sets up and operates necessary test equipment. Conducts functional and operational tests to evaluate performance and reliability.
- Demonstrates through diligent compliance the importance of maintaining daily logs and other paperwork. Ensures that all work performed on the aircraft is properly and completely documented.
- As required, pre-inspects work of others prior to submitting to inspection for approval to reduce rework and inspection time.
- Provides the knowledge and technical expertise in testing and maintaining test equipment and electronic systems and components as required.
- Enforces the company FOD program, tool control program, 5-S program and all safety regulations.
- Adapts to sudden schedule changes.
- Coordinates with other disciplines concerning projects.
Additional Functions:
- Where required, teaches the installation and functionally testing of electrical/avionics components and systems per Engineering specifications, drawings and maintenance manuals ensuring a defect free system.
- Self inspection capability for all avionics testing functions in applicable areas.
- In support of aircraft certification and final phase testing, may include flight tests on aircraft as required.
Perform other duties as assigned. Other Requirements:
- Preferred proficiency in the operation and troubleshooting of other aircraft systems or disciplines other than avionics, such as hydraulics, landing gear, flight controls, environmental controls or structural installations and repairs.
- APU run qualification and engine run qualification preferred.
- Ability to read and interpret basic blueprints and schematic diagrams.
- Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language.
This job requires one to be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language.
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