Aircraft Mechanic II - Egress

Posted:
8/21/2026, 1:28:19 AM

Experience Level(s):
Junior ⋅ Mid Level ⋅ Senior

Field(s):
Mechanical Engineering

Workplace Type:
On-site

Pay:
$88k–$94k/yr

The Aircraft Mechanic II - Egress performs organizational, intermediate and limited depot level maintenance to include inspection, operational test, repair, modification and troubleshooting on all assigned aircraft, components and equipment.

Essential Responsibilities:

  • Remove/install canopies, ejection seats
  • Perform periodic maintenance of all cockpit egress and life support systems of moderate difficulty, such as seats, canopies, CADs, heating/cooling systems
  • Inspects and operates powered and nonpowered aerospace ground equipment.
  • Reviews maintenance forms, aircraft records, automated maintenance data systems, and historical reports to ensure complete documentation. 
  • Maintain aircraft support equipment and orderly workspace.
  • Interpret Maintenance Instruction Manuals, maintenance requirement cards, work from related schematics, diagrams, drawings, technical directives, maintenance/servicing instructions and operational written procedures and Company directives to perform maintenance.
  • Install and remove cartridge actuated devices.
  • Performs inspections and maintenance of aircraft air conditioning systems, fire warning/extinguishing systems. 
  • Identifies and treats corrosion.
  • Operates, maintains, troubleshoots, removes and replaces associated parts and components on a variety of systems, such as aircraft, cabin environmental and pressurization systems, equipment cooling, liquid/gaseous and OBOGS oxygen systems.
  • Perform related duties in hazardous areas such as oxygen system, engine fire extinguishing systems including the removal and replacement of cartridge-actuated devices.
  • Maintains foreign object damage (FOD), hazardous waste, and tool control programs.
  • Shall adhere to all applicable Amentum policies and procedures.
  • Perform all other position related duties as assigned or requested.

Minimum Qualifications:

  • High School graduate or equivalent
  • Must have completed Egress Course.
  • Must have an FAA Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) License.
  • Shall have completed and be able to document the appropriate T/M required/ series preferred Navy Egress class
  • Must have Five (5) years of applicable aircraft maintenance support experience.
  • Three (3) or more years of T6 aircraft experience.
  • Must have experience and thorough working knowledge in corrosion detection, treatment, and prevention.
  • Shall be qualified according to their field of expertise and the level of maintenance assigned.
  • Must be a U.S. citizen.
  • Possess a high degree of expertise of aircraft systems
  • Demonstrates in-depth knowledge of applicable maintenance/technical manuals, publications, instructions and special tools and test equipment.
  • Must be familiar with operational capabilities and limitations of aircraft systems.
  • Must be customer oriented.

Amentum

Website: https://www.amentum.com/

Headquarter Location: Germantown, Maryland, United States

Employee Count: 10001+

Year Founded: 2020

IPO Status: Private

Last Funding Type: Private Equity

Industries: Mechanical Engineering ⋅ Security ⋅ Technical Support

Visa Sponsorship: Sponsors work visas