Required qualifications:
Hands-on experience performing piston engine overhaul, major repair, teardown, inspection, assembly, or rebuild work on aircraft, UAV, small-displacement aviation, powersports, marine, or comparable high-performance engines.
Experience working with two-stroke, two-cylinder, opposed/twin-cylinder, air-cooled, gasoline, heavy-fuel, or small UAV propulsion systems, or directly comparable engine platforms.
Ability to read and follow technical manuals, overhaul procedures, illustrated parts catalogs, engineering drawings, torque specifications, inspection criteria, and maintenance work instructions.
Proficiency using precision measuring and inspection tools such as micrometers, calipers, bore gauges, dial indicators, torque wrenches, feeler gauges, and related engine overhaul tooling.
Ability to inspect engine components for wear, scoring, cracks, corrosion, heat damage, dimensional limits, and other overhaul rejection criteria.
Ability to maintain accurate maintenance, overhaul, inspection, configuration, and quality records.
Experience in aviation maintenance and operations, including coordination across multiple departments.
Ability to travel as needed.
Ability to obtain a U.S. security clearance.
Significant experience and proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Proven record of working hard, being a trustworthy teammate, holding oneself and others to high standards, and showing kindness to others.
U.S.-issued passport.
Preferred qualifications:
FAA A&P license or equivalent internal or external certification demonstrating technical competency.
Direct experience overhauling, repairing, or maintaining Suter TOA 288 / 288-series engines or comparable small UAV piston engines.
Experience performing scheduled engine overhauls at defined service intervals, including 250-hour overhaul programs.
Experience with Group 2 or Group 3 UAS maintenance, field support, launch/recovery operations, or deployed aviation maintenance environments.
Experience in the field of Unmanned Aerial Systems.
Experience with V-BAT, ducted-fan VTOL aircraft, small unmanned aircraft propulsion systems, or expeditionary UAS operations.
Experience maintaining heavy-fuel, JP-5, JP-8, gasoline, or mixed-fuel UAV engine systems.
Experience troubleshooting engine performance issues, including hard start, rough running, compression loss, fuel delivery issues, ignition faults, overheating, vibration, exhaust leaks, and abnormal wear.
Experience in avionics.
IPC certification.
Experience with maintenance data collection, failure reporting, root-cause analysis, continuous improvement, or development of overhaul work instructions.
