Aircraft Mechanic - Egress

Posted:
8/27/2026, 1:17:41 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