Aircraft Maintenance Scheduler

The role

The Aircraft Maintenance Scheduler develops integrated operational plans one to six months ahead for carrier aircraft and hypersonic programs. This role aligns personnel, maintenance, operations, testing, parts, and engineering readiness.

What you will do

• Maintain a rolling one-to-six-month schedule integrating aircraft maintenance, modifications, ground operations, testing, flight activities, and program milestones
• Translate operational priorities into sequenced work with durations, dependencies, resource needs, and readiness dates
• Coordinate personnel assignments and capacity with team leaders
• Forecast calendar-, flight-hour-, and cycle-driven maintenance against expected utilization
• Coordinate parts procurement with Supply Chain
• Track engineering definition, drawing and procedure releases, configuration requirements, and open technical dispositions
• Align tooling, GSE, facilities, vendor support, and test resources with various teams
• Lead planning reviews, resolve resource conflicts, evaluate schedule alternatives, and escalate readiness risks
• Deliver a reviewed package to Maintenance Control at the 30-day mark
• Document Maintenance Control acceptance, outstanding actions, owners, and due dates

Required qualifications

• 3+ years of aircraft maintenance planning, scheduling, production control, or comparable aviation operations experience, including preparation of coordinated work packages
• Ability to build and maintain multi-month, resource-loaded schedules with logical dependencies, milestones, critical paths, and realistic labor and duration estimates
• Working knowledge of aircraft maintenance processes, inspection intervals, utilization forecasting, maintenance records, and applicable airworthiness requirements
• Ability to interpret maintenance manuals, task cards, engineering orders, drawings, and configuration records
• Experience matching work to personnel qualifications and availability
• Understanding of procurement lead times, repair turnaround, material availability, parts traceability, and kitting
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, scheduling software such as Microsoft Project or equivalent, and maintenance or enterprise work-management systems
• Strong analytical, organizational, and written and verbal communication skills
• Experience managing changing priorities, maintaining accurate schedule and action records, and preparing clear handoffs
• Knowledge of flight-line safety, FOD and tool control, and the effect of safety, quality, and technical approvals on work sequencing and operational readiness
• High school diploma or equivalent

Nice to have

• FAA Mechanic Certificate with Airframe and Powerplant ratings
• hands-on aircraft maintenance or military aviation planning and scheduling experience
• Experience with large or transport-category aircraft, flight-test or experimental operations, hypersonic programs, or complex aerospace integration and testing
• Experience with maintenance forecasting, ERP/MRO systems, Jira, schedule risk analysis, and continuous improvement of planning and execution processes
• degree or technical training in aviation maintenance, operations, engineering, or a related discipline

Benefits

• Healthcare ( medical, dental, vision, prescription drugs )
• Paid Maternity and Parental Leave
• 50% company match per contributed dollar into 401(k) savings plan, up to $11,500
• Tuition reimbursement

About the company

Stratolaunch accelerates the development of next-generation aerospace and defense technologies through reusable hypersonic flight testing. Their team brings together expertise in engineering, manufacturing, and flight operations to solve complex challenges.