Summary of Position 

Provide engineering support for technical issues reported by the North American fleet of Customers, Technical Representatives, P145 Repair Stations, and the Fleet Control Center in a high paced and high pressure environment.    Identify and resolve discrepancies in the Instructions for Continued airworthiness and act as a liaison with the company engineering functions, as part of the company responsibility for the continued airworthiness of the product line.  Works within and international team of Product Support Engineers between Italy and USA to analyze and propose solutions to increase the reliability and maintainability of the in-service fleet of AW aircraft.  

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Technical Front-end analysis and resolution of technical issues reported by the North American fleet of Customers, Technical Representatives, and P145 Repair Stations in a timely manner.  Frequent Customer interface required.
• Support the Fleet Control Center with resolving AOG issues and providing Technical solutions during a non-standard work week and week-ends.
• Input and Analysis of field data for reliability and maintainability in order to in to liaise with and drive product improvements through the AW Design Offices.
• Maintain a constant link with Product Support Engineering Italy to increase awareness of fleet problems and establish a fleet-wide knowledge base of occurrences and their resulting technical solutions.
• Validation of Technical Instructions (Publications, Technical Bulletins) to improve the quality of the Instructions for Continued Airworthiness. Daily communication with aircraft maintainers and AW maintenance bases will be necessary.
• Regular reporting to AW Product Support Engineering Management for safety related issues and outstanding Customer technical issues.
• Analysis of aircraft configurations to highlight criticalities in spare parts provisioning, training activity and Technical Publication updating. 
• Develop maintenance, repair and assembly procedures for Operator issues that fall outside of the coverage of standard Technical Publications.
• Use field experience/data to influence the established Product Improvement Process, driven by C.S. Engineering, for supportability, maintainability and design improvement.
• Perform other duties and fulfill other responsibilities as assigned:
• Present major issues ("top 10") and solutions to management team in various high level meetings.
• Support accident Investigation activity.

• * *Develop Technical Presentations in support of Customer round tables, trade shows, etc.

   

Qualifications for Position:

*         Education*

BS in Engineering Required

*         Experience*

Prior aerospace experience in technical areas of rotary wing sector required.

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*        Competencies & Attributes*

Mastery of aviation technology.

Strong written and oral communication skills. 

Strong pc skills.

Intercultural awareness, ability to create and maintain relationships.  

Willingness to work a flexible schedule and weekends.

Able to work under pressure and meet customer deadlines.

Well-organized and adaptable with a flexible approach. 

Able to handle critical and emergency situation involving customers.

A knowledge of Italian is a strong plus.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Vet/Disability