Senior Avionics Engineer

The successful candidate serves as an engineer within Delta's TechOps Engineering organization. The tasks associated with this role are specific to the engineering group and include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Fleet Avionics Engineering - Communication, Navigation, and Surveillance (CNS)
• Provides aircraft engineering support to a variety of internal customers and outside suppliers to support daily operations and long-term reliability/cost effectiveness.
• Reviews, recommends, and implements manufacturer's service bulletins and other correspondence to affected fleets.
• Identify and develop solutions to maintain aircraft safety, reliability, and capability.
• Research, develop, and manage avionics equipment installation and retrofit projects. Includes on-site verification of project work instructions (Mock-Ups).
• Maintains compliance with applicable FAA regulations and Delta's Technical Operations Policy and Procedures (TOPP) pertaining to the development of equipment alterations.
• Provides status for aircraft issues through various briefings and documentation.
• Supports maintaining the configuration and installation of Avionics software for Delta's fleets.
• Supports shop, hangar, and line maintenance in troubleshooting and providing corrective actions, including repair or deviation documentation for assigned discipline.
• Maintains aircraft cybersecurity protocols, policy, and procedures.

Benefits and Perks to Help You Keep Climbing

Our culture is rooted in a shared dedication to living our values - Care, Integrity, Resilience and Servant Leadership - every day, in everything we do. At Delta, our people are our success. At the heart of what we offer is our focus on Sharing Success with Delta employees. Exploring a career at Delta gives you a chance to see the world while earning great compensation and benefits to help you keep climbing along the way:

• Competitive salary, industry-leading pro?t sharing program, and performance incentives.
• 401(k) with generous company contributions up to 9%.
• New hires are eligible for up to 56 hours of paid personal time within a 12-month period.
• 10 paid holidays per calendar year.
• Birthing parents are eligible for 12-weeks of paid maternity/parental leave.
• Non-birthing parents are eligible for 2-weeks of paid parental leave.
• Comprehensive health bene?ts including medical, dental, vision, short/long term disability and life insurance bene?ts.
• Family care assistance through fertility support, surrogacy and adoption assistance, lactation support, subsidized back-up care, and programs that help with loved ones in all stages.
• Holistic Wellbeing programs to support physical, emotional, social, and financial health, including access to an employee assistance program offering support for you and anyone in your household, free financial coaching, and extensive resources supporting mental health.
• Domestic and International space-available flight privileges for employees and eligible family members.
• Career development programs to achieve your long-term career goals.
• World-wide partnerships to engage in community service and innovative goals created to focus on sustainability and reducing our carbon footprint.
• Business Resource Groups created to connect employees with common interests to promote inclusion, provide perspective and help implement strategies.
• Recognition rewards and awards through the platform Unstoppable Together.
• Access to over 500 discounts, specialty savings and voluntary benefits through Deltaperks such as car and hotel rentals and auto, home, and pet insurance, legal services, and childcare.

What you need to succeed (minimum qualifications)

Candidates for this position should have:

• B.S. in Engineering.
• 3+ years in aviation experience
• Computer programming or software development skills with Matlab, C++, Python are desirable.
• For internal candidates, must be performing satisfactorily in current position.
• Accepts personal responsibility for assignments and acts with a sense of urgency when initiating the necessary steps to complete them. Asks appropriate questions to ensure complete understanding of the task / objective and how solutions impact safety, schedules, and budgets.
• Recognizes that shifting priorities and changing objectives are normal in a business environment. Able to develop data under guidance or based on similar work in past and/or provides feasible solutions to problems with low uncertainty.
• Demonstrates to team and leader that when tasks are assigned, timeline and quality commitments are met to the established goal.
• Approaches work with an open mind, understands he/she will have limitations and accepts feedback for development.
• Acts with integrity and shows value for others.
• Project management skills and must be capable of working in a team environment to creatively solve technical problems.
• Have good interpersonal skills and the ability to effectively communicate with internal and external customers.
• Must have good technical writing skills to effectively generate detailed engineering documents using excellent problem-solving skills based on analytical methods.
• Consistently prioritizes safety and security of self, others, and personal data.
• Embraces diverse people, thinking, and styles.
• Possesses a high school diploma, GED, or high school equivalency.
• Is at least 18 years of age and has authorization to work in the United States.

What will give you a competitive edge (preferred qualifications)

• Previous airline, military, OEM, or MRO experience with commercial aircraft is preferred.
• Electrical, Aerospace, or Mechanical Engineering experience with Avionics focus.
• Ability to interpret analytical reports, FAR's, AD's, and other engineering documents/drawings.
• Understanding of Aircraft Field Loadable Software support and implementation