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Textron Systems is part of Textron, a $14 billion multi-industry company employing 35,000 talented makers, thinkers, creators and doers worldwide. We make things that fly, hover, zoom and launch. Things that move people. Protect soldiers. Power industries. We serve customers in industries spanning aerospace and defense, specialized vehicles, turf care and fuel systems.

This role is in Textron System’s Air Systems business area. Visit TextronSystems.com & Lycoming.com to read more about who we are and the products we make!

About This Role

This position will serve as on-site crewmember in support of deployed (OCONUS) UAS flight operations. Duties will include aircraft/sensor operations, mission coordinator activities, maintenance, and logistical tasks in support of the Aerosonde Mk 4.7 UAS system. Perform as a Subject Matter Expert on all aspects of UAS operations. Participate in daily flight operations, site stand-ups and interface with customers. Additional duties will include emplacement, displacement, inspection, and repair of associated equipment as well as proper notation of logbooks and flight records.

Primary duties will require extensive travel, both domestically and internationally including deployments and training exercises. Deployment locations vary between heavily populated US Coalition bases, austere forward operating bases, and other areas throughout the world.

Responsibilities

·            Operational support of deployed flight operations

·            Perform as a deployed Aerosonde UAS Crewmember

·            Travel and deploy worldwide with Domestic and Foreign Militaries as well as Domestic and International Customers as required

·            Direct interface with military customers

·            Work in groups or independently with minimal or no supervision

·            Will be required to work odd shifts, weekends, and/or extended hours

·            Responsible for data management and generation

·            Provide support for general logistics functions

·            Maintain site support equipment IAW maintenance procedures outlined in initial training

·            Troubleshoot technical problems and communicate/implement technical solutions

·            Practice ISO 9001 principles and concepts

Physical Requirements:

Flight crews are required to complete crew chief and maintenance qualification activities. These qualifications require the ability to lift the aircraft as a two-person lift, approximately 40-50lbs per person. Crewmembers must be able to walk with the aircraft and load onto the launcher. Following loading the aircraft, crewmember must perform preflight launch items that may take up to or more than 30-45 minutes of standing and maneuvering around the launcher system. Outside of launch/recovery operations, crewmember responsibilities may include inventory management activities and must be able to perform physical work requirements during a 12 to 14-hour shift in a deployed environment. Deployed temperatures range from -10ºF to 115ºF dependent on the locations and seasons. This position is also subject to the below physical requirements-

Deployment conditions may include, but are not limited to:

·            Deployed in austere environments for 6-9 months of the year

·            12–14-hour work shifts 7 days per week for duration of deployment.

Inventory and maintenance management activities to include but not limited to:

·            Rotating Launch/recovery trailer

·            Replacing launcher material up to two-man lifts of 150+lbs

·            Maneuvering aircraft within maintenance hangar

·            Organizing inventory

·         Loading and palletizing materials onto air force 365L pallets utilizing tri-walls

·         Moving inventory and materials from the shelf to the maintenance hangar

Who We Are

Textron Systems is part of Textron, a $14 billion, multi-industry company employing 35,000 talented makers, thinkers, creators and doers worldwide. We make things that fly, hover, zoom and launch. Things that move people. Protect soldiers. Power industries. We serve customers in industries spanning aerospace and defense, specialized vehicles, turf care and fuel systems.

This role is in Textron System’s Airborne Tactical Advantage Company (ATAC) business area. Visit TextronSystems.com & Lycoming.com to read more about who we are and the products we make!

About ATAC
Textron Systems - ATAC provides tactical flight training and adversary aggressor services for U.S. Navy, Marine and Air Force pilots. ATAC operates simultaneously across eight sites and two continents and comprises the world’s largest outsourced civilian, tactical airborne training organization and proudly provides the highest quality live training to Squadrons, Air Wings, and Battle Groups.

Summary:

The Aviation Life Support Equipment (ALSE) Technician inspects, maintains, repairs, and overhauls ALSE, personal survival equipment, and aircraft installed survival equipment to assure the proper maintenance and operation aboard aircraft.

Job Responsibilities:
• Maintains and manages the inspection, maintenance and adjustments to assigned aircrew flight equipment/ALSE to include night vision goggles, flight helmets, survival vest, exposure suits, aviation modular survival systems, aircraft first aid kits, and supporting components
• Plans, directs, organizes, and evaluates Aircrew Flight Equipment operations pertaining to equipment accountability, personnel reliability, mobility, aircrew fit, and other such activities required to meet operational readiness
• Maintains inspection and repair databases/ALSE records to ensure equipment accountability, submits equipment for higher level repair through proper channels and ensures proper disposal of all unserviceable ALSE
• Establishes performance standards in accordance with industry best practices and technical publications
• Performs prescribed cleaning, preservation, and operator maintenance of ALSE shop tools and equipment
• Troubleshoot, repair, replace, overhaul, test, service, preserve and clean ALSE
• Ensures serviceability based on required specifications and current technical publications
• Performs scheduled and unscheduled maintenance of on-aircraft ALSE
• Ensure all equipment requiring calibration is scheduled for and receives periodic TMDE calibration
• Demonstrate knowledge of mechanical and electrical repair and maintenance procedures, pyrotechnic and explosive devices, and aircraft egress systems
• Training of maintenance personnel to perform tasks in support of ALSE field repair
• Briefs and trains aircrew on the proper use of ALSE to include all aircraft onboard equipment
• Briefs aircrew, non-aircrew, and civilian personnel in the operational use, and maintenance of ALSE
• Assist with coordination of ALSE in support of detachments as necessary
• Must be able to prioritize workload to maintain schedules on assigned projects
• Additional responsibilities as delineated by the Director of Flight Operations, VP ACE and on-site Maintenance Manager
• Manage programs and tasks as assigned

Primary Objectives:

• Safety of the workforce
• Maintenance, build up, Inspection, repair, and replacement of ALSE
• Ensure quality maintenance is performed and recorded during each maintenance action
• Train aircrew and maintenance personnel
• Foster maintenance team environment
• Ongoing personal development
• Lead by example

ATAC Research & Development Manager, Tactical Aircraft

About Textron 
Textron Inc. is a multi-industry company that leverages its global network of aircraft, defense, industrial and finance businesses to provide customers with innovative solutions and services. Textron is known around the world for its powerful brands such as Bell Flight, Cessna, Beechcraft, Hawker, Jacobsen, Kautex, Lycoming, E-Z-GO, and Textron Systems. For more information visit: www.textron.com. 

 About ATAC

Airborne Tactical Advantage Company (ATAC), a division of Textron Systems, provides tactical flight training and adversary services.  Textron’s extensive global reach makes for an incomparable training resource, not only for the U.S. military but also for foreign militaries across the globe.  ATAC currently provides tactical flight training and adversary aggressor services for U.S. Navy, Marine and Air Force pilots and is actively pursuing many foreign programs as well.  ATAC operates simultaneously across five Navy/Marine Corps sites and three Air Force sites spanning across two continents and comprises the world’s largest outsourced civilian, tactical airborne training organization.  ATAC proudly provides the highest quality live training to Squadrons, Air Wings, and Battle Groups, and was also the first civilian organization authorized to train the Navy’s TOPGUN pilots and the USAF’s F-22 Raptor pilots.

Summary

ATAC’s Research & Development Manager for Tactical Aircraft will primarily be responsible for research and evaluation of existing fighter and/or attack aircraft that can effectively be integrated into ATAC’s fleet.  This position will report to the Director of Research & Development and will also support the Program Managers directly responsible for upgrades to ATAC’s fleet of aircraft as required by existing and future customers.

 Job Responsibilities

·       Research existing fighter aircraft that can cost-effectively be integrated into ATACs fleet of aircraft in order to develop winning technical solutions for future proposals.

·       Assist with drafting Requests for Proposals (RFPs) to industry or foreign governments in order to gain firm pricing and schedule of potential future aircraft.

·       Assist the Director of R&D in evaluating potential aircraft acquisitions or modernization upgrades that will satisfy current and future U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force Contracted Air Services (CAS) requirements.

·       Assist the R&D Senior Manager of Tactical Mission Systems with integration of electro-optical/infra-red (EO/IR) sensors, electronic warfare (EW) equipment, active electronically scanned array (AESA) radars, and helmet mounted cueing systems (HMCS) onto ATAC aircraft.

·       Assist the R&D Chief Engineer with developing and managing systems-level requirements for aircraft avionics, sensors, and systems that meet the customer’s needs and can be used for effective subcontracting.

·       Assist the Capture Manager with proposal development, including developing strategy, advocating technical solutions, writing content and editing the work of others.  

·       Assist aircraft Program Managers with requirements derivation, management, verification and validation efforts.

·       Assist aircraft Program Managers with Test & Evaluation planning and execution.

Who We Are

Textron Systems is part of Textron, a $14 billion, multi-industry company employing 35,000 talented makers, thinkers, creators and doers worldwide. We make things that fly, hover, zoom and launch. Things that move people. Protect soldiers. Power industries. We serve customers in industries spanning aerospace and defense, specialized vehicles, turf care and fuel systems.

This role is in Textron System’s Airborne Tactical Advantage Company (ATAC) business area. Visit TextronSystems.com & Lycoming.com to read more about who we are and the products we make!

About ATAC

Textron Systems - ATAC provides tactical flight training and Adversary, Red Air and Aggressor services to the U.S. Navy, Marines and the US Air Force. ATAC operates simultaneously across eight permanent sites spanning the CONUS, Hawaii and the Pacific. ATAC proudly provides the highest quality live training to 4th and 5th Generation aircrew in Squadrons, Air Wings, and Battle Groups conducting unit level continuation training, pre-deployment spin-up training, large force employment training, or aircrew conversion training. ATAC was the first civilian organization to support the USAF’s F-22 Raptors as well as the USN’s and USMC’s F-35 Lightning IIs. www.atacusa.com.

Summary

Fly the Dassault Mirage F-1 in regular support of US Navy, Marine Corps, and US Air Force training and readiness missions. Fly in support of 4th and 5th Generation Fighter operational and conversion syllabus and continuation training missions. Support surface fleet pre-deployment training and large force employment missions.

Marine Contracts: Conduct flight operations from ATAC’S permanent facilities at Cherry Point, NC. Deploy as required to various locations.

Job Responsibilities

• Employ the ATAC fighter aircraft throughout their flight envelope as a surrogate Adversary, Red Air, Aggressor or Close Air Support pilot for Marine Corps large force employment exercise, or intercept controller training.
• Maintain FAA instrument currency, First Class medical certification, and adversary mission qualifications and associated mission currencies, to include low level, dynamic mission, and unlimited air combat tactics maneuvering in the high-G environment.
• Attend mass briefings, adversary coordination briefings and other pre-flight briefings. Plan and fly adversary missions. Accomplish flight debriefings and attend mass debriefings.
• Adhere to all training rules and pre-briefed maneuvering restrictions
• Collect and disseminate lessons learned.
• Accomplish necessary ground training prior to flights
• Deploy as required to support mission requirements