Senior Line Engineer

What’s needed to succeed (Minimum Qualifications):

• Bachelor Degree in Engineering or equivalent relative work experience
• 4-12 years of engineering experience or related technical field
• Ability to analyze complex technical issues, detailed level of project management for regulatory compliance modificatio

• Senior Line Engineers may have several years of experience in a project-based engineering department at United or another airline, or have Line Engineering experience at another airlines.

United offers all its airport employees and aircraft technicians based at SFO Airport free medical coverage. This includes medical coverage for employees and their qualified families’ members such as spouses, domestic partners, and children at no cost. Coverage is in a gold level, high quality medical plan. Employees also have access to dental coverage where United pays 80% of the cost! In addition to medical and dental coverage, United also provides life and accident insurance and employees can enroll in additional coverages such as vision coverage, long-term disability, critical illness, and hospital insurance.

What will help you propel from the pack (Preferred Qualifications):

• Knowledge of FARS (esp. 145, 25 and 121)
• AOG experience
• Strong skills in MS Office applications (Excel, Word, Powerpoint etc.)

United will consider applicants with criminal histories consistent with the Fair Chance Ordinance

Line Engineers are part of a service engineering team that provide 24/7 engineering technical support for United Airlines Worldwide fleet of operational aircraft to ensure the timely return to service. This position is scheduled for shift work, and may be responsible for staffing the swing or night shifts, depending on seniority and scheduling needs. 

Overall, engineers at United provide engineering support for a wide range of aircraft systems, maintenance programs, engines as well as operational engineering functions.  Must be able to understand, analyze and seek solutions to the design, operation, maintenance, performance or repair of aircraft and their components.  Should be able to logically approach problem solving, define an aircraft maintenance program or configurations and ensure a safe and legal operation.  As a United Engineer you will also evaluate the benefits of the cost impact of a fleet decision to ensure a balance of cost, assets utilization.  You will be responsible for working with both internal and external customers on technical issues, work scope recommendations and failure investigations. For service engineering positions, these same technical skills are applied towards operational issues versus project specific work.

• Review Service Bulletins (SBs) from airframe manufacture or component manufacture for effectivity to United Fleet
• Develops solutions and implementation plans, project justification, cost/benefit analysis, and overall management of project implementation which can include obtaining FAA approvals and coordinate warranty recovery on SBs that are applicable.
• Coordinate and lead the priorities for assigned responsibilities and accomplish the work process to meet all deliverable for projects both online and base aircraft as well as maintenance program changes and technical specification revisions.
• Coordinate work with other operational groups to ensure airworthiness, safety, regulatory compliance, operational reliability and operational efficiency.