Aircraft Coordinator

About You

You will be the primary interface between your assigned test article and those wanting access to it. You must be able to regularly coordinate competing demands for access while accommodating maintenance or modification capability, weather, and crewing. You should have at least basic knowledge of aircraft technical work and primarily enforce correct execution of company processes including inspections, quality assurance, and the appropriate airworthiness certificates.

Responsibilities

• Ensure all work performed on the flight test article is authorized through the company work order process
• Control and document the test article configuration through installation and modification.
• Coordinate and schedule all aircraft work to maximize overall company efficiency towards executing tests.
• Maintain an openly available aircraft schedule via smartsheet or MS Project to track maintenance activity and mods.
  Using the company’s aircraft modification sheet, act as or interact with stakeholders to manage:
• Component tracking
• Hourly and calendar tracking
• Weight and balance tracking
• Squawks impacting flight readiness
• Preflight briefing contributions
• Flight test instrumentation requests
• Modification requests - test or prototype
• Routine maintenance
• Engineering orders
• Requests for conformity
• Functional test procedures

Qualifications

• Experience as a flight test engineer, A&P mechanic, or aircraft inspector.
• Excellent organizational skills for the ever-changing needs of flight test aircraft.
• Basic understanding of civil certification requirements regarding conformity
• Basic database skills associated with tracking aircraft and component configurations

Nice to Haves

• Ability to plan aircraft test team deployments.
• Experience executing the processes listed above.