Senior Aircraft Technician; Avionics

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Senior Aircraft Technician (Avionics) – Maintenance & Repair (MAR) team, Grand Prairie, TX

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, and diagnose malfunctions or failures, making adjustments, repairs or replacements of parts or circuitry.

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.

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.

• Financial Rewards: Competitive base salary, incentive compensation which may include profit sharing schemes, retirement savings plan and the ability to participate in an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• Work/Life Balance: Paid time off including personal time, holidays and a generous paid parental leave program
• Health & Welfare: Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical (traditional and high-deductible health plans), prescription, dental, vision, life, disability, Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) and other supplemental benefit coverages
• Individual Development: Upskilling and development opportunities through our global Leadership University, including unlimited access to 10,000+ e-learning courses focusing on ways to develop your employability, certifications, career path as well as the opportunity to participate in accelerated development programmes and both national and international mobility

• 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

• 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

• 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 30lbs/14kgs – Daily
• Lifting: able to lift documents, tools, drawings, electronic equipment up to 60lbs/27kgs – 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 – Weekly
• Squatting…