Engineering Technician (Direct Hire)

Armstrong Flight Research Center

The Life Support Branch at Armstrong Flight Research Center is seeking a candidate to serve as an Engineering Technician to maintain all survival, egress, life support systems for test, and research aircraft. Maintains ejection seats, oxygen systems, and escape slides for various aircraft types. Also, various types of life rafts, pressure suits to support high altitude operations, survival equipment, and personal equipment to include helmets, harnesses, anti-g garments/communications headsets. This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work.

To qualify for GS-12, you must have one year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level in the Federal service:

  • Supporting engineering training plans, processes, or objectives to ensure aircrew safety and crew mission readiness;
  • Supporting the development or implementation of data-driven solutions or new approaches to improve productivity, mission results, operational efficiency, and/or generate substantial savings of time or money;
  • Communicating safety requirements associated with aircraft egress or survival/personal equipment to technicians, customers, or aircrew.

Your resume must include a clear and detailed narrative description, in your own words, of how you meet the required specialized experience. Experience statements copied from a position description, vacancy announcement or other reference material constitutes plagiarism and may result in disqualification and losing consideration for the job. NASA prohibits the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or AI-assisted tool in drafting application and assessment responses. Please visit https://www.nasa.gov/careers/how-to-apply/#Artificial-Intelligence to review NASA’s guidance on the use of AI tools during the application process.

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