Maintenance Test Pilot (UH60)

UH-60 L / M Maintenance Test Pilot

The UH-60 L / M Maintenance Test Pilot (UH-60 L / M) utilizes flight test techniques to perform test flights of aircraft to measure performance and handling to determine airworthiness following maintenance or modifications.

Responsibilities include :

• Perform test flights and demonstrate aircraft proficiency upon completion of aircraft maintenance or modifications.
• Determine in accordance with publications and procedures the airworthiness of aircraft prior to release for flight.
• Perform troubleshooting procedures of aircraft on the ground and during flight and makes appropriate write-ups or gives verbal instructions to correct deficiencies.
• Run-up aircraft for alert status to perform test on modifications.
• Interpret meteorological data as it pertains to filing a flight plan for the navigational course of flight needed for a sortie and files a flight plan for all flights using authorized processes.
• File flight plans for all flights using authorized navigational processes. Ensure proper documentation is chronicled.
• Verify forms and records used in the performance of maintenance to ensure they comply with work performed prior to ground or flight checks.
• Compute weight and balance logs for the aircraft being flown.
• Perform recovery flights and ferries aircraft to additional sites, such as depots.
• Initiate and complete all military flight or maintenance forms to document maintenance test flight completion and discrepancies.
• Communicate, troubleshoot, advise, and work side by side with military pilots and technicians.
• As qualified may perform as site safety specialist and / or additional duties safety officer functions.
• May support AS9100-AS9110 internal audits, corrective action requests, assist section, department, and / or program in developing plans to correct identified shortfalls; and may assist with continual improvement initiatives.
• Must be capable of Aircraft Technical Inspection (TI) as additional duty, to plan and conduct aircraft technical inspections.
• Understand the fundamentals and inspection techniques of helicopter structural repairs.
• Perform troubleshooting and analyze electrical / electronic systems.
• Provide technical guidance to repairs performing aircraft and subsystem maintenance techniques and safety procedures.
• Maintains technical library, inspect systems, subsystems, and components according to applicable technical publications and checklists before, during, and after airplane maintenance and modifications. Annotate records of required maintenance.
• Evaluate operational readiness of aircraft and recommend corrective action.
• Inspect crash-damaged aircraft and estimates time, parts, and costs to repair.
• Evaluate maintenance operations and facilities for compliance with directives, technical manuals, work standards, safety procedures, and operational policies. Ensure compliance with aircraft configuration control, Army oil analysis program and test measuring and diagnostic calibration.
• Performs maintenance trend analysis and apply production control, quality control, and other maintenance management principles and procedures to aircraft maintenance operations.
• Deploy when required to support contract requirements when maintenance test flights are anticipated.
• Perform other qualified duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements :