Lead F-18 Super Hornet Avionics Technician

Boeing Boeing · Aerospace · NAS JRB New Orleans, LA

Lead F-18 Super Hornet Avionics Technician responsible for inspection, maintenance, troubleshooting, and operational support of aircraft egress systems and associated components. This role involves team leadership, advanced troubleshooting of complex systems, and ensuring repairs meet flight safety standards.

What you'd actually do

  1. Directs daily maintenance actions, provides technical guidance to lower-level technicians, and oversees complex installations.
  2. Performs, directs, and verifies maintenance on complex pneumatic, hydraulic, and electrical systems to isolate faults.
  3. Conducts and oversees daily, pre-flight, post-flight, and periodic inspections; ensures repairs meet flight safety standards.
  4. Isolates malfunctions in flight control, communications, radar, navigation, and weapons integration systems using complex test equipment like oscilloscopes and pulse generators.
  5. Performs and oversees the removal, installation, and repair of avionics components, including wire harnesses, fiber optics, and circuit cards.

Skills

Required

  • Aircraft maintenance
  • Avionics systems
  • Troubleshooting
  • Team leadership
  • Inspection
  • Repair
  • F/A-18 or EA-18G experience

Nice to have

  • Oscilloscopes
  • Pulse generators
  • Wire harnesses
  • Fiber optics
  • Circuit cards

What the JD emphasized

  • Minimum of 3 years' experience aircraft maintenance in a managerial or team lead role leading people and/or projects
  • Experience with F/A-18 or EA-18G operational maintenance