Aircraft & Engine Electrician Field & Hangar Salary

• Installs, adjusts, tests, modifies, repairs, and maintains electrical and electronic parts, assemblies, systems, and equipment in prototype, developmental, or production aircraft, engines, and components: installs electrical and electronic parts, assemblies, systems, and equipment in aircraft, according to blueprints, wiring diagrams, and other specifications, using handtools and power tools.
• Sets up and operates ground support and test equipment, such as test carts, panels, ground power unit, and ground servicing cart, to perform functional and continuity test of electrical and electronic systems.
• Interprets test results to diagnose malfunctions, and adjusts, repairs, or replaces defective parts.
• Modifies components according to blueprint specifications and engineering drawings.
• Fabricates parts and test aids as required.
• May accompany aircraft on test flight to perform functional tests or to make in-flight adjustments.

Aircraft & Engine Electrician Field & Hangar Job Prevalence in the United States

Job family: Avionics Technicians

Job family population: 18,860

Estimated population of Aircraft & Engine Electrician Field & Hangar jobs: 3,545

Rate of error: 3.3%