Aircraft Mechanic 2 (egress)

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Palmdale, CA +1 · Flight Operations Mult-Func

Aircraft Mechanic 2 specializing in egress systems at Northrop Grumman. Responsibilities include maintenance, repair, and installation of aircraft egress systems, ejection seats, canopies, explosive devices, and survival equipment. Requires a Secret clearance and experience with aircraft systems and precision tools.

What you'd actually do

  1. Performs comprehensive maintenance to egress systems across multiple aircraft and seat types
  2. Perform inspections, removals, and installations of ejection seats, canopies, and explosive devices.
  3. Diagnose and repair malfunctions in egress, canopy fracturing, and emergency oxygen systems.
  4. Inspects, repairs, and maintains various survival equipment such as flight protective clothing and equipment, oxygen bottles and regulators, flares, lift raft packages, and inflationary devices in life vests.
  5. Troubleshoots, repairs and services aircraft in flight line environment.

Skills

Required

  • High School diploma or GED
  • 2 years of Aircrew Flight Equipment, Life Support or Aircraft systems experience
  • Hands-on maintenance experience on aircraft EGRESS/ aviation life support equipment
  • Active DoD Secret clearance or higher
  • Ability to climb stairs, ramps, ladders, and work stands
  • Attention to detail
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, hands-on environment
  • Flexibility, team orientation, ability and willingness to learn
  • Effective Communication Skills
  • Moderate strenuous physical and repetitious work
  • Ability to work in small, confined spaces
  • Pass New Hire Physical And Respiratory evaluation
  • Read and interpret blueprints
  • Experience using precision tools such as micrometers and calipers

Nice to have

  • Aircraft Maintenance experience (F-35, F-22, F- 15, F-16, F-18, etc.)
  • Experience with removal/installation of fighter aircraft canopies, ejection seats, maintaining and inspecting canopies, explosive devices, inventories, stores, removal and replacement of seat Cartridge Actuated Device/Pneumatic Actuated Device (CAD/PAD) explosive items
  • Familiarization with ACES II EGRESS seat.
  • Basic Understanding of DAFMAN 91-201, AFI 21-10 Manual.

What the JD emphasized

  • Must have an active DoD Secret clearance or higher (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation) with the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs