Electronics Technician, FAA Repairman

Location: 

West Hartford, CT, US, 06110-1328

Business Unit:  Systems and Support
Function:  Operations

Triumph Group designs, engineers, manufactures, repairs and overhauls a broad portfolio of aviation and industrial components, accessories, subassemblies, systems and aircraft structures. We partner with original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and operators of commercial, regional, business and military aircraft worldwide, to provide products and services that solve their hardest problems. So whatever the part, component or complexity of assembly, Triumph is committed to quality, service and meeting the specialized needs of each customer.

Triumph participates at all levels of the aerospace supply chain – from single components, to complex systems, to aerospace structures and their contents. We provide solutions for the entire product life cycle of an aircraft – from raw material to aftermarket service. Our unique ability to integrate a broad range of products and capabilities is our competitive advantage.

FAA REPAIRMAN

 

Triumph Engine Control Systems is a leading independent aerospace fuel system supplier for the commercial, military, helicopter and business jet markets. Based in West Hartford, CT, Triumph employs approximately 500 employees. The Company’s key products and services include electronic engine controls, fuel metering units and main fuel pumps for both the OE and aftermarket / spares end markets.

 

The FAA Repairman is a non-union working member of the repair station charged to oversee, direct, assign, and approve the work of repair station staff. FAA Repairmen are selected for their technical skills and experience with due consideration for their ability to mentor people and accept responsibility.

 

Responsibilities include:

  • Ensure all parts/components removed from a repair station unit is routed to the applicable assembly cell, documented by a valid service and operation number, and the work scope is properly identified.
  • Inspect parts and components by obtaining and interpreting work cards, reviewing inspection requirements scope and detail, and completing visual inspections per IPC-A-610.
  • Ensure proper, approved technical data is used and available to the repair station staff.
  • Responsible for her/his own work and the work of her/his assigned staff.
  • Responsible for the proper work execution of part tags attached to repairable, serviceable, or condemned parts.
  • Responsible to assure that all serviceable tags are installed on components and properly annotated.
  • Ensure that the staff performs top quality work by continual monitoring and oversight.
  • Responsible for managing existing process documentation, incorporating service bulletins, developing new processes for component level repair, and reacting to CMM amendments.
  • Ensure staff is qualified and that they use proper procedures, manual references, and proper tools in accomplishing assigned tasks. Perform on the job training, as required, and determine any additional training needs.
  • Schedule and assign work to the staff.
  • Provide estimates for all out-of-scope work (i.e., non-routines, etc.) in a timely manner. Seek customer approval(s) on original, additional, and/or revised estimates to accomplish maintenance on customers' units.
  • Interface effectively with members of management, other departments, and co-workers.
  • Ensure all safety programs and procedures are performed during the assigned shift.
  • Ensure proper material orders, amounts and usage as well as cancel orders when an alternate repair has been found.
  • Oversee, and as required perform, various types of non-destructive testing.
  • Perform repair station incoming inspection requirements for new and continued-serviced parts for serviceability, including but not limited to, verifying certification from manufacture or overhaul facility, and inspecting for customer and/or shipping damage.
  • Perform repair station outgoing requirements for return to service of parts including maintenance report publication, inventory adjustments, component record card edits, confirmation of sales/purchase order correctness and all final documentation issuance.
  • Ensure compliance with all applicable FAR's during day-to-day assignments.

 

 

 

Qualifications:

  • At least 5 years of experience as a technician in an aerospace manufacturing or commercial aircraft environment.
  • A&P or Repairman Certificate experience for specialized inspection authority.
  • Capable of interpreting drawings, blueprints, service bulletins, ads, and any other related documents as required.
  • 5 years technician experience with electronics products. Troubleshooting skills down to component level. 
  • Associate degree with focus on electronics.
  • A 4-year technical degree is a plus.
  • Must be thoroughly familiar with the applicable regulations FAR Parts including: Certification procedures for products and parts; Airworthiness Standards: Aircraft Engines; Maintenance, Preventative Maintenance, Rebuilding and Alteration; Identification and Registration Marking; Certification: Airmen Other than Flight Crewmembers-Subpart E-Repairman; General Operating and Flight Rules; Operating Requirements: Commuter and On-Demand Operations and Rules Governing Persons on Board such Aircraft; and Repair Stations.
  • Must be familiar with the Air Transport Association (ATA) Spec 100 for technical manuals used in the maintenance of their respective products.
  • Must be able to understand and interpret Component Maintenance Manuals.
  • Must be able to use the appropriate inspection methods, techniques, practices, aids, equipment and tools used to determine the airworthiness of the article on which maintenance is being performed.
  • Must have experience reading electrical schematics, digital and analog circuity. Soldering experience with mixed technology circuit boards, thru-hole and SMT component types.
  • Experience using electronics troubleshooting equipment-oscilloscope, digital logic analyzer, function generators, DMM. 

US Citizen or Active Green Card Holder. 

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability.

Please be aware that the Company requires all employees to be vaccinated for COVID-19.  This position will require the successful candidate to obtain OR show proof of a vaccination.  The Company is an equal opportunity employer, and will provide reasonable accommodation to those individuals who are unable to be vaccinated consistent with federal, state, and local law.

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