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USAJOBS · 23 hours ago

Maintenance Test Pilot

San Diego, California, USA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$122K/yr - $158K/yr

1+ years exp

The Department of Homeland Security, through U.S. Customs and Border Protection, is seeking a Maintenance Test Pilot in San Diego, CA. The role involves overseeing and managing the maintenance testing program for Air and Marine Operations, providing technical guidance, and ensuring the successful execution of maintenance flight tests.

ConsultingGovernmentHuman ResourcesInformation TechnologyInternetStaffing Agency

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Serving as the primary Maintenance Test Pilot responsible for overseeing and managing the maintenance testing program for Air and Marine Operations (AMO) locations

Providing technical guidance and review of tests, workload acceptance, and related AMO evaluations

Determining goals and objectives for normal and special emphasis plans and work schedules and set priorities relating to schedules for timely completion of projects

Identifying the necessary components of a maintenance flight test team, secures resources for all test activities, and oversees and ensures complete test execution while implementing recommendations for improving related training

Qualification

Maintenance Test Pilot CourseFAA Medical CertificateFlight Test ExperienceTechnical Manual ComplianceFlight HoursTechnical GuidanceTest Program ReviewSafety Compliance

Required

You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this position

Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered with Selective Service

Primary U.S. residency for at least three of the last five years

All pre-employment processes will be conducted in English

You may be required to pass a background investigation

CBP follows the DHS Drug-Free Workplace Plan for drug testing procedures

Maintenance Manager/Maintenance Test Pilot Course (MM/MTPC), (2) An equivalency evaluation administered by a Maintenance Test Evaluator

An FAA Medical Certificate Class I or II. Either one must be within 12 calendar months of the date of issuance. Your FAA Medical certificate must be valid through the closing date of this announcement, otherwise you will be found ineligible. Military flight medicals cannot be used

Maintenance Test Pilots must be qualified in the aircraft to be flown and meet the standardization requirements of the appropriate Army Training Manual and comply with all procedures in TM 1-1500-328-23, Technical Manual Aeronautical Equipment Maintenance Management Procedures, and the appropriate aircraft maintenance test flight manual

Flight Hours: You must have 1750 hours total flight time. Within the 1750 hours you must have/show: 1150 hours pilot-in-command, 75 night flight hours, 100 flight hours within the last 12 months

You qualify for the GS-13 grade level if you possess 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, performing duties such as: Providing technical guidance and review of test programs and representing the program in technical matters related to testing, test design, test budgeting, test analysis, test results, new test competencies, workload acceptance, and related evaluations

Conducting test flights IAW, aircraft flight/performance manual, established test plans, FAA FARs, policies and procedures governing how aircraft are certified, what requirements the crew must have, including pilots or others, where the aircraft can be flown, and basic flight operations

Reviewing responses to test related documentation, annual reports, and periodic metrics to ensure accuracy and compliance to safety requirements, FARs, etc

Developing, executing, and reviewing test cards, test readiness briefings, safety readiness briefs, test out-briefs and coordinate all activities supporting test execution

Meet all qualification requirements, including education if applicable to this position, subject to verification at any stage of the application process

Meet all applicable Time in Grade requirements (current federal employees must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade or equivalent grade band in the federal service) by 01/14/2026

You may be required to obtain a Secret level clearance for this position

Flight test positions also require completion of a flight test course such as a military flight test school or the FAA flight test pilot course, or at least 1 year of experience either flight testing aircraft for engineering approval (civilian or military) or analyzing aircraft performance data