The Life Support Branch at Armstrong Flight Research Center is seeking a candidate to serve as an Engineering Technician to maintain all survival, egress, life support systems for test, and research aircraft. Maintains ejection seats, oxygen systems, and escape slides for various aircraft types. Also, various types of life rafts, pressure suits to support high altitude operations, survival equipment, and personal equipment to include helmets, harnesses, anti-g garments/communications headsets.

Duties

Verifies preflight, post flight, periodic, acceptance inspection, special inspection, component replacement and operation checks on a variety of life support, egress and oxygen equipment on aircraft for adequacy and completion. Ensures all full/partial pressure suits equipment, to include but not limited to pressure suits, regulators, controllers, etc. are maintained in accordance with technical data. Evaluates, coordinates, monitors, develops, administers or enforces regulations and standards concerning safety, including the airworthiness of Life Support systems, and the competence of other Life Support technicians. Forecasts, budgets and schedules weekly, monthly, and quarterly egress maintenance/life support time-change and modification requirements and integrates those actions into an agreed upon synchronized schedule. Obtains all required munition/non-munitions parts to accomplish required maintenance actions prior to inducting an aircraft into planned maintenance. Provides accurate estimated time of completion (ETIC) dates for Life Support maintenance actions during daily maintenance meetings and solicits feedback and other branch assistance to help predict potential delays. Conducts continuation training requirements such as develop, lead and conduct egress, parachuting, land, water, jungle and arctic survival courses to meet Armstrong Flight Research Center (AFRC) and other NASA Center deployed operations requirements. Ensures work center database record systems are fully used IAW AFRC policies and procedures by all life support technicians to thoroughly document all maintenance actions performed on AFRC operated aircraft life support and egress systems. Fosters a culture of engagement, diversity, inclusiveness, excellence and innovation. Champion NASA's commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility to create an environment that promotes a commitment to safety, integrity, and teamwork.

Requirements

• This position is open to U.S. citizens, nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
• Position subject to pre-employment background security investigation.
• You must meet qualifications requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
• This position may require a one year probationary period.
• This position requires the selectee to have successfully completed a medical exam for handling explosives.

Qualifications

Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work. To qualify for GS-12, you must have one year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level in the Federal service: Supporting engineering training plans, processes, or objectives to ensure aircrew safety and crew mission readiness; Supporting the development or implementation of data-driven solutions or new approaches to improve productivity, mission results, operational efficiency, and/or generate substantial savings of time or money; Communicating safety requirements associated with aircraft egress or survival/personal equipment to technicians, customers, or aircrew. Your resume must include a clear and detailed narrative description, in your own words, of how you meet the required specialized experience. Experience statements copied from a position description, vacancy announcement or other reference material constitutes plagiarism and may result in disqualification and losing consideration for the job. NASA prohibits the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or AI-assisted tool in drafting application and assessment responses. Please visit https://www.nasa.gov/careers/how-to-apply/#Artificial-Intelligence to review NASA's guidance on the use of AI tools during the application process.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address Armstrong Flight Research Center 4800 Lilly Ave Edwards, CA 93523 US
• Name: NASA Shared Services Contact Center
• Phone: 1-877-677-2123
• Email: [email protected]