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What you'll do:

• Own fleet maintenance execution, readiness status, and aircraft availability for assigned UAS platforms.
• Serve as the primary authority for maintenance prioritization, including the ability to ground aircraft when required for safety or configuration reasons.
• Assess incoming maintenance requests and discrepancies, prioritizing work based on operational impact, safety risk, and fleet availability.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of maintenance technicians, fostering a culture of safety, accountability, and technical excellence.
• Manage technician staffing, scheduling, workload balancing, and performance feedback.
• Recruit, onboard, and train maintenance personnel to support current and future fleet demand.
• Address personnel matters including conflict resolution, performance management, and disciplinary actions when necessary.
• Oversee all shop-based maintenance activities for UAS aircraft and associated GSE, including inspections, repairs, upgrades, and testing.
• Develop and maintain daily and weekly maintenance schedules to optimize technician utilization and minimize aircraft downtime.
• Monitor maintenance execution using workflow or CMMS tools, identifying risks, bottlenecks, and recovery actions.
• Implement contingency plans for unplanned maintenance, parts shortages, or schedule disruptions.
• Maintain configuration control and ensure maintenance actions align with approved engineering baselines and procedures.
• Identify recurring discrepancies, reliability trends, and systemic issues across the fleet and elevate findings to Engineering and Program leadership.
• Support incorporation of engineering changes, modifications, and upgrades into the fleet in a controlled and traceable manner.
• Enforce maintenance safety practices, quality standards, and procedural discipline across all shop activities.
• Conduct internal audits, inspections, and corrective actions to ensure compliance with company maintenance standards.
• Ensure accurate maintenance records, logbooks, and documentation to support traceability and audit readiness.
• Develop strategies to scale maintenance operations in alignment with company growth, including staffing, facilities, tooling, and processes.
• Optimize shop workflows and maintenance processes to reduce turnaround time and increase fleet availability.
• Track and report key performance indicators (KPIs) such as aircraft uptime, maintenance throughput, cost drivers, and technician productivity.

Required qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in aviation or UAS maintenance environments, including hands-on exposure to aircraft maintenance operations.
• Demonstrated experience leading or supervising maintenance personnel in a high-tempo operational environment.
• Strong technical understanding of aircraft or UAS systems and maintenance workflows.
• Proven ability to prioritize competing maintenance demands while balancing safety, schedule, and operational impact.
• Experience coordinating across engineering, flight operations, and supply chain organizations.
• Strong organizational, planning, and execution skills with the ability to independently manage multiple priorities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficiency with maintenance management, workflow tracking, or scheduling tools.
• Demonstrated leadership qualities including accountability, trustworthiness, high standards, and professionalism.

Preferred qualifications:

• FAA Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) certification.
• Previous leadership experience in a military aviation, MRO, or high-reliability maintenance organization.
• Direct experience supporting Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) or experimental aircraft programs.
• Familiarity with configuration control, discrepancy tracking, or fleet health analytics.
• Experience supporting rapid growth or scaling maintenance organizations.

110000 - 170000 USD a year