Aircraft Maintenance Manager

The role

This person will lead maintenance teams across all company flying assets. They will oversee scheduled and unscheduled maintenance, inspections, and repairs to support flight-test and operational commitments.

What you will do

• Oversee crew chiefs and multiple other supervisors
• Lead daily maintenance across all company flying assets
• Convert flight-test and operational schedules into maintenance plans
• Supervise inspections, troubleshooting, repairs, and component changes
• Coordinate aircraft readiness with various departments
• Ensure accuracy of work packages, logbooks, and configuration records
• Assign qualified personnel and authorize return-to-service activities
• Lead shift briefings and turnovers
• Maintain tool and calibration control, FOD prevention, and parts controls
• Manage workforce planning, recruiting, onboarding, and performance

Required qualifications

• Current FAA Mechanic Certificate with both Airframe and Powerplant ratings
• 5+ years leading aviation maintenance teams in a fast-paced, complex environment
• Strong hands-on aircraft inspection, troubleshooting, repair, and return-to-service experience
• Working knowledge of 14 CFR Parts 43, 65, and 91
• Ability to apply maintenance manuals, ICA, ADs, service bulletins, engineering orders, drawings, and wiring diagrams
• Experience supervising concurrent scheduled and unscheduled maintenance across multiple aircraft
• Proven ability to build accountable teams, develop leaders, resolve conflict, and decide under pressure
• Strong maintenance planning, shift-turnover, status-reporting, risk-escalation, and communication skills
• Knowledge of maintenance human factors, SMS, quality, EH&S, root-cause analysis, and corrective action
• Experience with tool control, calibration, FOD prevention, parts traceability, and shop resource planning
• Proficiency with maintenance or work-management systems
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office

Nice to have

• FAA Inspection Authorization (IA)
• Flight-test, experimental, special-mission, large, or transport-category aircraft experience
• Jira knowledge
• Related degree

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

Before you apply

• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret security clearance

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.