Description
Install, inspect, test, adjust, or repair avionics equipment, such as radar, radio, navigation, and missile control systems in aircraft or space vehicles.
- • Set up and operate ground support and test equipment to perform functional flight tests of electrical and electronic systems.
- • Test and troubleshoot instruments, components, and assemblies, using circuit testers, oscilloscopes, or voltmeters.
- • Keep records of maintenance and repair work.
- • Coordinate work with that of engineers, technicians, and other aircraft maintenance personnel.
- • Interpret flight test data to diagnose malfunctions and systemic performance problems.
- • Install electrical and electronic components, assemblies, and systems in aircraft, using hand tools, power tools, or soldering irons.
- • Adjust, repair, or replace malfunctioning components or assemblies, using hand tools or soldering irons.
- • Connect components to assemblies such as radio systems, instruments, magnetos, inverters, and in-flight refueling systems, using hand tools and soldering irons.
- • Assemble components such as switches, electrical controls, and junction boxes, using hand tools or soldering irons.
- • Fabricate parts and test aids as required.
- • Lay out installation of aircraft assemblies and systems, following documentation such as blueprints, manuals, and wiring diagrams.
- • Assemble prototypes or models of circuits, instruments, and systems for use in testing.
- • Operate computer-aided drafting and design applications to design avionics system modifications.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
