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Amentum Maintenance Test Pilot in Corpus Christi, Texas

The Maintenance Test Pilot utilizes flight test techniques to perform test flights of assigned aircraft to measure performance and handling to determine airworthiness following maintenance or modifications. This position is for the T6 platform only.

Principal Accountabilities

  • Perform test flights and demonstrating aircraft proficiency upon completion of aircraft maintenance or modifications on aircraft.

  • 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.

  • Verify forms and records used in the performance of maintenance to ensure they comply with work performed prior to ground or flight checks.

  • Run-up aircraft for alert status to perform test on modifications.

  • Perform Aviation Safety Official duties.

  • 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.

  • Ensure proper documentation is chronicled.

  • Perform other qualified duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Must have demonstrated communication skills, both oral and written Ability to read, write and communicate effectively in English.

  • Ability to use appropriate operating navigational and communication equipment installed on the aircraft.

  • Ability to calculate and annotate weight and balance logs for the assigned aircraft.

  • Ability to pass required flight proficiency examinations.

  • DOD Aviation Safety qualification and at least one former position as an Aviation Safety Officer preferred.

  • One thousand (1,000) or more hours of relative total flight time, and a minimum of three hundred (300) hours in the same aircraft type and design and one hundred (100) hours in the assigned aircraft.

  • Must meet the experience requirements of AFR55-22, NOTAMS, AR95-10, AR95-20 and DCMA-8210 pertaining to each aircraft prior to acting in the capacity of pilot-in-command on maintenance test flights.

  • Possess the appropriate FAA Commercial Pilot’s License for the type of aircraft being flown, as well as all other qualifying experience consistent with AR 95-20 requirements.

  • Possess or able to attain a current FAA Medical Certificate Second Class.

  • Completion of Military flight and/or applicable training courses.

  • Additional experience and education requirements may vary by assignment.

  • Able to Lift/push/pull minimum of sixty (50) pounds.

  • Able to successfully complete initially and annually thereafter during their birth months a required flight physical.

  • Must meet or exceed the flight time and physical requirements to pilot the designated type of aircraft in accordance with FAA and U.S. Military minimum requirements.

  • View aircraft in flight, read dials/gauges, identify small objects and hand tools.

  • Able to distinguish color and judge three-dimensional depth.

  • Physically capable of climbing/descending vertical ladders or built-in aircraft steps to heights of 10-12 feet.

  • High school diploma or equivalent required.

  • Must be able to obtain/maintain any company/government required licensing, qualification, certification, and clearance.

  • Must have a valid driver's license.

  • Must be able to work all assigned shifts & schedules.

Preferred Qualifications

  • May be exposed to extreme noise from turbine and jet engine aircraft.

  • May be exposed to fumes or airborne particles; may be exposed to electrical shock hazards or work near moving mechanical parts and vehicles.

  • May be exposed to a wide variety of operational circumstances, including extreme weather conditions and rudimentary infrastructure.

  • May be exposed to extreme turbine and jet engine noise, fumes, chemical mist, ultra-violet, infrared radiation, or airborne particles, electrical shock hazards, work near moving mechanical parts and vehicles.

  • Ability to travel domestically and internationally.

Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, national origin, age, United States military veteran’s status, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, family structure, medical condition including genetic characteristics or information, veteran status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law.

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