Uh-60 Mtp - Maintenance Test Pilot (Uh-60 A/L/M)

The UH-60 MTP Maintenance Test Pilot (UH-60 A/L/M) utilizes flight test techniques to perform test flights of aircraft to measure performance and handling to determine airworthiness following maintenance or modifications.

Minimum Requirements

• Successfully completed the US Army Aircraft Maintenance Officers Course (AMOC) Phase II or complete an equivalency evaluation IAW AR 95-1 and 95-20.
• Minimum of Ten (10) years of aviation maintenance experience required.
• Be proficient in flying operations of the aircraft they are assigned (UH-60).
• 1,000 or more hours of total flight time and have at least 300 hours in the same aircraft type and design and 100 hours in the assigned UH-60 A/L/M aircraft.
• Successfully complete initially and annually thereafter an Army or FAA Class II flight physical.
• Successfully completed Army Maintenance Test Pilots Course (MTPC) or complete an equivalency evaluation IAW AR 95-1 and 95-20.
• Possess an instrument rating on their FAA Commercial Certificates.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret Security Clearance.
• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Possess a current valid Army or FAA Class II Medical Certificate.
• Completed military flight and applicable training courses as required IAW 95-20. Must meet the qualification requirements of AR 95-20.
• Prefer a minimum of 1000 Hours of Pilot in Command time.
• Satisfactorily completed a proficiency check within the previous 12 months.
• 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.

Job Responsibilities and Duties:

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

• Perform troubleshooting and analyze electrical/electronic systems.
• Ferry flights as assigned.
• File flight plans for all flights using authorized navigational processes.
• Provide technical guidance to repairs performing aircraft and subsystem maintenance techniques and safety procedures.
• Perform other qualified duties as assigned.
• Annotate records of required maintenance.
• Plan and conduct aircraft technical inspections.
• Determine in accordance with publications and procedures the airworthiness of aircraft prior to release for flight.
• Evaluate maintenance operations and facilities for compliance with directives, technical manuals, work standards, safety procedures, and operational policies.
• May support AS9100-AS9110 internal audits, corrective action requests, assist section, department, and/or program in developing plans to correct identified shortfalls.
• Communicate, troubleshoot, advise and work side by side with military pilots and technicians.
• Lectures, demonstrates, and practical exercises in inspection techniques, procedures, performance evaluation, and operational checks on the power plant, structure, and systems of helicopters powertrains.
• As qualified may perform as site safety specialist and/or additional duties safety officer functions.
• 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.
• Perform recovery flights and ferries aircraft to additional sites, such as depots.
• Run-up aircraft for alert status to perform test on modifications.
• May be required to travel domestically and internationally on short notice, to austere environments, under harsh living conditions.
• Initiate and complete all military flight or maintenance forms to document maintenance test flight completion and discrepancies.
• Perform troubleshooting procedures of aircraft on the ground and during flight and makes appropriate write-ups or gives verbal instructions to correct deficiencies.
• Inspect power plant hot section, cold section and accessory modules.
• Evaluate operational readiness of aircraft and recommend corrective action.
• Ensure proper documentation is chronicled.
• Communicate, troubleshoot, advise and work side by side with military pilots and technicians.
• Compute weight and balance logs for the aircraft being flown.
• Must be capable of Aircraft Technical Inspection (TI) as additional duty.
• Maintains technical library, inspect systems, subsystems, and components according to applicable technical publications and checklists before, during and after airplane maintenance and modifications.
• Deploy when required to support contract requirements when maintenance test flights are anticipated.
• Inspect crash-damaged aircraft and estimates time, parts and costs to repair.
• May assist with continual improvement initiatives.
• Performs maintenance trend analysis and applies production control, quality control and other maintenance management principles and procedures to aircraft maintenance operations.

Preferred Qualifications:

• May be exposed to fumes or airborne particles; may be exposed to electrical shock hazards or work near moving mechanical parts and vehicles.
• Must be able to see aircraft in flight, read dials/gauges, identify small objects and hand tools.
• Must be able to distinguish color and judge three-dimensional depth.
• Working knowledge for operating navigational and communication equipment installed on the aircraft.
• May be exposed to chemical mist, gas, vapors, ultra-violet and infrared radiation.
• Must be physically capable of climbing vertical ladders or built-in aircraft steps to heights of 10-12 feet.
• Must have demonstrated communication skills, both oral and written. Must be fluent in the English language.
• May be exposed to extreme noise from turbine and jet engine aircraft.
• May be exposed to a wide variety of operational circumstances, including extreme weather conditions and rudimentary infrastructure.
• May be required to lift to 50 pounds to a height of four (4) feet and be required to lift to 20 pounds to a height of seven (7) feet.

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