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Amentum

Government engineering and technical services provider

UH-60 Maintenance Test Pilot

Aviation Operations & Aircraft MaintenanceConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeNorth Kingstown, RI, USAIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A high school diploma or equivalent is required.
  • A minimum of 10 years of aviation maintenance experience is required.
  • Proficiency in flying operations of the UH-60M aircraft is required.
  • Completion of military flight and applicable training courses as required by 95-20 is required.
  • A proficiency check must have been completed within the previous 12 months.
  • The employee must successfully complete an Army or FAA Class II flight physical initially and annually thereafter.
  • An instrument rating on FAA Commercial Certificates is required.
  • A current, valid Army or FAA Class II Medical Certificate is required.
  • Completion of the Army Maintenance Test Pilots Course (MTPC), or an equivalency evaluation under AR 95-1 and 95-20, is required.
  • Completion of the US Army Aircraft Maintenance Officers Course (AMOC) Phase II, or an equivalency evaluation under AR 95-1 and 95-20, is required.
  • An active Secret clearance and the ability to obtain and maintain a US Government Secret clearance are required.
  • Verifiable aviation experience demonstrating ethics, ability, and professionalism is required.
  • Fluency in English and oral and written communication skills are required.
  • Working knowledge of the aircraft's installed navigational and communication equipment is required.
  • Ability to compute and annotate aircraft weight and balance logs is required.
  • The employee must be able to distinguish color and judge three-dimensional depth, see aircraft in flight, read dials and gauges, identify small objects and hand tools, climb ladders or aircraft steps to heights of 10–12 feet, and lift up to 50 pounds to four feet and 20 pounds to seven feet.
  • The employee may be exposed to extreme noise, fumes, airborne particles, electrical shock hazards, moving mechanical parts and vehicles, extreme weather, rudimentary infrastructure, chemical mist, gas, vapors, ultraviolet and infrared radiation, surface obstructions, ladders, stairs, and rapid or extreme temperature changes.

Responsibilities

  • Perform test flights using flight-test techniques to measure aircraft performance and handling and determine airworthiness following maintenance or modifications.
  • Demonstrate aircraft proficiency after aircraft maintenance or modifications.
  • Interpret meteorological data to file flight plans for mission or sortie navigation courses.
  • File flight plans for all flights using authorized navigation processes.
  • Compute aircraft weight and balance logs.
  • Initiate and complete military flight or maintenance forms documenting maintenance test-flight completion and discrepancies.
  • Communicate, troubleshoot, advise, and work alongside military pilots and technicians.
  • Determine aircraft airworthiness before release for flight in accordance with publications and procedures.
  • Perform recovery flights and ferry aircraft to additional sites, such as depots.
  • Troubleshoot aircraft on the ground and in flight, documenting deficiencies or providing verbal instructions to correct them.
  • Run up aircraft for alert status to test modifications.
  • Deploy when required to support contract requirements when maintenance test flights are anticipated.
  • Perform ferry flights as assigned.
  • When qualified, perform site safety specialist duties and/or additional safety-officer functions.
  • Support AS9100-AS9110 internal audits and corrective action requests, and assist sections, departments, and/or programs in developing plans to correct identified shortfalls.
  • Assist with continual improvement initiatives.
  • When qualified and designated by site supervision, perform Chief or Lead pilot duties.
  • Perform Aircraft Technical Inspection (TI) duties as an additional duty.
  • Plan and conduct aircraft technical inspections.
  • Inspect power plant hot-section, cold-section, and accessory modules.
  • Provide technical guidance on aircraft and subsystem maintenance techniques and safety procedures.
  • Maintain the technical library and inspect systems, subsystems, and components according to applicable technical publications and checklists before, during, and after aircraft maintenance and modifications.
  • Evaluate aircraft operational readiness and recommend corrective action.
  • Inspect crash-damaged aircraft and estimate repair time, parts, and costs.
  • Evaluate maintenance operations and facilities for compliance with directives, technical manuals, work standards, safety procedures, and operational policies.
  • Perform maintenance trend analysis and apply production-control, quality-control, and other maintenance-management principles and procedures to aircraft maintenance operations.
  • Perform other qualified duties as assigned.

Desired Qualifications

  • A minimum of 1,000 hours of pilot-in-command (PIC) time is preferred.

About the Company

Amentum

Government engineering and technical services provider

Amentum provides technical and engineering services to government agencies to support high-stakes missions such as space launch, nuclear cleanup, and military operations. Its offerings combine workforce, engineering, and mission-support capabilities across the full lifecycle—from planning and design to operations and sustainment—delivered as contracted services. The company differentiates itself through scale and breadth: formed from a spin-off and expanded by acquiring DynCorp and PAE, and later merging with Jacobs’ Critical Mission Solutions and Cyber & Intelligence units, making it one of the largest government services contractors with about 53,000 employees and a public listing (AMTM). Its main goal is to help the U.S. and its allies achieve mission success for critical national programs by providing comprehensive, reliable government-focused technical services.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Chantilly, VA
Founded
2020

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