Senior Maintenance Engineer

Responsibilities:

Maintenance Engineering & Continued Airworthiness 

• Lead development and continuous improvement of aircraft maintenance programs, scheduled inspections, maintenance intervals, and continued airworthiness processes. 
• Develop, author, validate, and maintain Aircraft Maintenance Manuals (AMM), Component Maintenance Manuals (CMM), Repair Station Manuals (RSM), Job Cards, Task Cards, Service Bulletins, Service Instructions, and associated technical documentation. 
• Partner with Design Engineering to ensure aircraft systems, components, and software meet maintainability, reliability, and serviceability requirements. 
• Develop troubleshooting procedures, fault isolation methodologies, and maintenance best practices to support field technicians and operators. 
• Support engineering change implementation and ensure maintenance documentation remains aligned with released aircraft configurations. 
• Participate in certification, audit, and regulatory activities supporting aircraft entry-into-service and continued operational approval. 

Fleet Reliability & Service Engineering 

• Lead fleet-wide investigations of reliability, maintainability, and operational issues affecting aircraft availability. 
• Perform root cause analysis of propulsion, battery, avionics, flight control, charging, structural, and electrical system failures. 
• Analyze maintenance findings, field reports, flight data, warranty claims, and operational trends to identify reliability improvements and corrective actions. 
• Develop repair plans, maintenance campaigns, retrofit activities, and return-to-service recommendations. 
• Collaborate with Engineering, Quality, and Operations teams to drive corrective and preventive action initiatives. 
• Support customer and field operations through direct technical troubleshooting, aircraft recovery efforts, and on-site engineering assistance when required. 

Maintenance Planning & ERP/MRP Administration 

• Develop and maintain maintenance work packages within Epicor ERP/MRP, including job creation, routing, operations, and material planning. 
• Support fleet maintenance activities by releasing jobs, coordinating material requirements, and ensuring work packages are execution-ready. 
• Create and manage RMAs, Sales Orders, and other ERP transactions associated with repair, warranty, and customer support activities. 
• Maintain accurate maintenance records, serialized component tracking, and configuration data to support traceability and operational readiness. 

Cross-Functional Leadership 

• Serve as the primary maintenance engineering interface between Engineering, MRO, Flight Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, and Customer Support organizations. 
• Support development of maintenance training programs, technician qualification materials, and operational best practices. 
• Mentor technicians and junior engineers in troubleshooting methodologies, maintenance procedures, technical documentation, and reliability practices. 
• Support strategic initiatives related to fleet growth, customer support expansion, reliability improvements, and operational scalability.

 

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aviation Maintenance, or related technical discipline. 
• 5+ years of aerospace, aviation, military, maintenance engineering, reliability engineering, aircraft sustainment, or related experience. 
• Strong understanding of scheduled and unscheduled aircraft maintenance practices. 
• Experience developing maintenance programs, technical publications, instructions for continued airworthiness, or maintenance procedures. 
• Experience troubleshooting complex electromechanical, avionics, propulsion, or aircraft systems. 
• Experience reviewing engineering drawings, schematics, wiring diagrams, and technical documentation. 
• Strong technical writing and documentation skills. 
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced and highly collaborative environment. 
• Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• FAA Airframe & Powerplant (A&P) Certificate. 
• Experience supporting eVTOL, electric aircraft, UAV, rotorcraft, military, or OEM aircraft programs. 
• Experience developing AMM, CMM, IPC, RSM, ICA, or maintenance training documentation. 
• Experience supporting fleet entry-into-service activities and customer operations. 
• Familiarity with MSG-3, Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM), and maintenance program development methodologies. 
• Experience with Epicor ERP/MRP or similar enterprise resource planning systems. 
• Experience creating maintenance jobs, routings, material plans, RMAs, and service-related transactions within an ERP environment. 
• Knowledge of FAA Part 23, Part 91, Part 135, Part 145, and continued airworthiness requirements. 
• Experience supporting technical publications, service bulletin development, and engineering change implementation. 
• Familiarity with lithium-ion battery systems, electric propulsion systems, avionics, and aircraft networking architectures.

Attributes aligned with Core Values:

• Safety Above All: Demonstrates a proactive safety mindset by embedding safety into daily work, identifying and mitigating risks, encouraging open dialogue about safety concerns, and continuously improving practices and protocols.
• Customer Focus: Puts customers at the center of every action by understanding their challenges, delivering meaningful value, and supporting their success.
• Work Better Together: Seeks and values diverse perspectives, builds cross-functional relationships, and fosters trust through empathetic, fact-based communication and commitment to shared decisions.
• Be the Pilot: Drives results with clarity and purpose by focusing on what matters most, adapting to change, taking initiative, and owning outcomes.
• Embrace the Unknown: Navigates ambiguity with resilience and bold thinking, challenges the status quo, and combines innovative ideas with practical approaches to overcome obstacles and drive progress.
• Respect for People: Fosters a high-performance culture grounded in respect, professionalism, and support by balancing high expectations with a healthy, collaborative environment and being a trusted, dependable teammate.