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Lockheed Martin Flightline Inspector in Palmdale, California
Description: Inspects all types of products, including experimental, prototype and production parts, assemblies and air vehicles, during various stages of production, assembly, teardown, reassembly, flight, flight test, and delivery; certifies workmanship, functional systems and test apparatus operation, and airworthiness, including all stages of preflight, power runs, engineering flight tests, production acceptance and verification flights; exercises a knowledge of engineering, inspection, and airworthiness requirements for experimental and production aircraft, and production methods and practices for aircraft structure, electrical, hydraulic and mechanical functional systems, accessories, power plants, instruments, and aircraft performance under simulated or actual flight conditions; inspects completed aircraft area by area, including cabin and flight stations, wing and wing tank sealing, etc., inspects disassembly, alteration, modification, reassembly and testing of standard or developmental installations, instruments, structure, rigging, flight safety and survival equipment, aircraft coatings, to include LO stack-up and bonding materials, functional units and test gear; inspects structure and components, accessories, instruments, and functional installations for completeness, workmanship, safety, foreign objects and conformance to Company, customer, and F.A.A. requirements; inspects and approves installation of parts, components, assemblies and functional systems on aircraft or aircraft assemblies, and makes operational checks under simulated flight conditions; inspects systems installations, fuel operations, including final fuel checks of tanks after fluid soak, and pressure tests.
Must be able to thoroughly and efficiently
document findings, determine acceptable
corrections according to Company and/or
Customer policies, specifications, manuals,
Technical Orders, or any other governing
documents, and provide such recommendations
in physical or electronic format to multiple
organizations, including but not limited to
Planning, Engineering and Customers.
Must obtain certifications required by Company,
customer or law, and have a minimum of four
years experience as an assembly or production
flight line inspector or flight line mechanic, or
possess a valid A & P License with two years of
practical experience.
Must be able to demonstrate a knowledge of or
have completed training in inspection principles,
Blueprint II, basic computer operations,
operation and troubleshooting or aircraft
systems, repair technology, and operation of
ground support equipment and aircraft
functional systems.
PERFORMS SUCH RELATED DUTIES AS:
Inspects preflight, post-flight, flight test and
flight servicing of aircraft for workmanship,
operations and airworthiness modifications.
Signs off aircraft for flight and prepares
certification documents evidencing compliance
with Company, customer, and F.A.A. regulations;
accepts or rejects conditional flight releases and
certifies release documents as required.
Inspects sighting, adjusting and firing of guns,
cannon or other armament or weapons systems
per functional test procedures.
Verifies transit leveling of aircraft and correct
zero or normal reading of instruments such as
compass, bank and turn indicator, artificial
horizon, etc.
Witnesses operational checkout of aircraft
electronic systems prior to, during or subsequent
to flights.
Inspects fuel, oil and hydraulic tanks, lines and
systems for freedom from foreign material, for
proper functioning under test equipment
actuation, and for workmanship and
conformance to specification.
Operates control surfaces, checks instrument
readings, powerplant or other operations during
power runs.
- Must be willing to work Swing shift/3rd Shift
schedule to support projects
- Must be willing to support travel (if necessary, to include shipboard operations) to support ADP projects.
Basic Qualifications:
- Applicants must have experience regarding blueprint/ schematic verification, aircraft troubleshooting, maintenance, and fabrication.
- Applicants must also have a minimum of four years aircraft maintenance or inspection and flight line operations experience and possess a valid A&P.
Desired Skills:
- Prior Military Flight line Assembly/Inspection experience.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
job.Qualifications
Lockheed Martin is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.
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EXPERIENCE LEVEL:
Hourly/Non-Exempt
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