Description

The CV-22 Special Mission Aviator (SMA) will perform pre- and post-flight visual aircraft inspections, operate, and monitor aircraft systems in-flight, calculate aircraft performance data, compute aircraft weight and balance, and execute normal /emergency checklists and procedures. CV-22 SMA also onload/offload cargo and personnel, conduct alternate insertion/extraction procedures and employ crew-served weapons. The CV-22 SMA also completes required aircraft servicing (fuel, oil, hydraulic fluid, etc.) in austere locations. They participate in mission planning with aircrew, maintenance, and support organizations. 

• Perform pre-flight, thru-flight, and post-flight inspections of aircraft away from home station. 
• Perform operational checks/inspection of aircraft primary electrical, propulsion, hydraulic, pneumatic, environmental, emergency, and flight control systems according to flight publications. 
• Compute and certify aircraft performance data/weight and balance for takeoff, inflight, cruise, mission execution and landing phases, determining optimum aircraft configuration for mission accomplishment using self-collected environmental conditions.
• Operate mission planning systems and coordinate/aid the crew on preparation of the flight plan and generates mission planning data, including analyzing and determining fuel loads/requirements; selecting the most advantageous route dictated by operational or threat environment requirements, plotting route of flight considering airspeed, distance, method of navigation, altitudes used, weather conditions, threats, and terrain. 
• Perform intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, close air support, personnel recovery, dynamic targeting/time sensitive targeting, vehicle interdiction, air interdiction, strike coordination and reconnaissance and air operations in maritime surface warfare utilizing various sensors, mission equipment, and precision guided munitions.
• Develop the cargo loading plan, considering the quantity, weight and configuration of the load, floor capacity, emergency jettison requirements, and proper location in the cargo compartment to achieve optimum center of gravity throughout the flight, and reviews load plan and cargo documentation.
• Perform in-flight maintenance of airborne weapons systems and associated equipment.
• Perform preflight visual inspections and operational checks of alternate insertion/extraction, hoist, cargo sling and fire-fighting systems according to flight publications.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in aviation science, Aeronautical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.

• Minimum of 2 years of experience in the aviation field.

• Twelve (12) years of experience in the aviation maintenance training industry in positions of increasing responsibility for the CV-22.