Atlas Air · 8 hours ago
Senior Avionics Engineer
Erlanger, KY
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$90K/yr - $129K/yr
7+ years expAtlas Air is a leading airline company focused on ensuring the safety, airworthiness, and reliability of its aircraft. The Senior Avionics Engineer will be responsible for providing technical support and creating documentation to support aircraft operations, while also performing reliability analysis and collaborating with various stakeholders.
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Responsibilities
Provide guidance to Aircraft Avionics Engineering Manager and stakeholders on issues in safety, airworthiness, and reliability of Atlas Air aircraft
Create instructions (Engineering Orders) and various other technical documents to economically support operations and return aircraft to service in a safe, airworthy, and timely manner
Develop and/or obtain approved data, acceptable data, and Alternate Methods of Compliance (AMOCs) for repairs, alterations, and modifications
Work with maintenance team(s), creating Action Plans to isolate, troubleshoot, and repair aircraft anomalies in the respective ATAs during AOG events. Includes support of chronic and repeat items
Update technical source documents as applicable to insure accuracy (AMMs, WDMs, FIMs, etc.)
Support integration and phase-in of new and previously operated aircraft to meet Atlas requirements
Liaise with manufacturers; maintenance representatives, repair & overhaul (MRO) facilities; internal/external engineering departments; regulatory personnel; and other outside agencies
Participate in industry working groups, industry steering committees, industry meetings, and conferences
Review and extract information from the work of consultants, contractors, and MRO avionics engineers relating to safety, airworthiness, and reliability of Atlas Air aircraft
Perform fleet reliability analysis for unique systems and components in respective ATA codes above
Evaluate Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs), Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRMs), Airworthiness Directives (ADs), Service Bulletins (SBs), Service Letters (SLs), and other notifications of in-service issues
Seek out and analyze trending data to develop product improvement modifications as directed by Reliability engineers and key performance indicators such as Delays, ATBs, BTBs, PIREPs, MIREPs, and MTBURs
Work with OEMs on emerging issues to help ensure safety, airworthiness, but also minimize the economic impact to the airline. Requires good business acumen and sense of financial responsibility
Organize, develop and provide all necessary avionics engineering documentation required to complete aircraft systems modifications and repairs within the allocated time schedule and budget allowance
Establish component repair and build specifications to enhance dispatch reliability in accordance with budgetary and regulatory requirements
Provide technical support to Technical Operations, Ground Operations, Flight Operations, and other Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings personnel
Coordinate with other Engineering staff to provide 24/7 technical support when needed
Review systems portion of the Aircraft Maintenance and Inspection Program, and initiate maintenance program changes and changes to maintenance documents
Qualification
Required
B.S. Aerospace, Electrical, Mechanical, or Software Engineering or other B.S. Technical degree. Or 12-15 years combined airline, MRO, OEM, or other notable aircraft avionics experience with 7-9 years in design or applied engineering setting
Technical skills and knowledge of aircraft (transport category) avionic systems and components required
Ability and flexibility to travel domestically and internationally on short notice in support of company objectives
Preferred
FAA A&P and/or FCC License preferred
Experience with various authoring and software tools specific to engineering reporting such as Inform (iDMR), Autodesk, Tableau, TRAX, MBF and Adobe a plus
Experience with Microsoft word, Excel, Project and Vizio
Company
Atlas Air
Atlas Air Worldwide is a leading global provider of outsourced aircraft and aviation operating services. It is the parent company of Atlas Air, Inc.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$253.1MKey Investors
Greenlight Capital
2022-08-04Acquired
2020-08-04Post Ipo Equity
2017-05-16Post Ipo Debt· $253.1M
Leadership Team
Michael T. Steen
Chief Executive Officer
Joel Goldberg
Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President
Recent News
2025-12-16
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings
2025-09-25
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