Join Silver Wings Aerospace in Homestead/Princeton, FL, a trusted aviation MRO company supporting airlines and operators worldwide. We specialize in repairing aircraft components, including Power Generation, Hydraulic and Fuel Pumps, and Electrical Accessories.
Join our growing team, build your skills, and grow your career in aviation!
Overview of the Position:
Provides project management of multiple engineering projects, reverse engineering, and technical writing.
* This is for a full time on site position based out of our Princeton, FL facility.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Reverse engineer, troubleshoot, and repair of various aircraft components, both electrical and mechanical, using manual and automatic measuring equipment.
- Establish measurement tolerances using accepted industry practices and/or review of next higher assemblies.
- Create, revise, and review designs using Solidworks 3D CAD Software
- Assist in creating Repair Process Supporting Documentation Packages for submittal to the FAA and/or customers.
- Develop tools for aircraft maintenance.
- Develop test and tooling equivalency with supporting documentation.
- Research, collect data, and work with design teams to evaluate, select, adapt, and modify techniques, procedures and criteria to solve problems.
- Other duties that may be assigned.
Other Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Further knowledge and witnessed practice of company core values.
- Knowledge of industry related sales and marketing principles.
- Strong technical writing skills.
- Has an understanding of both the Repair Station and Design and Development quality manuals
- Ability to understand regulatory requirements for airworthiness for FAA and various foreign authorities.
- Experience in the quality control and new product development within the aviation industry.
Education / Experience Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Aerospace, or Electrical Engineering; or demonstrated equivalent as determined by the hiring manager.
- Solidworks or 3D CAD Software experience, required.
Other Qualifications:
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Language Skills: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
Mathematical Skills: Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Physical Demands and Work Environment:
The physical demands described here are representatives of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job
- Is frequently required to talk or listen.
- Is regularly required to sit and use hands to finger, handle or feel.
- Is occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, and lift up to 30 pounds.
- Works in moderate noise levels.
- Minimal travel required
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Aerospace, or Electrical Engineering or equivalent
- SolidWorks or 3D CAD software experience
- Experience reverse engineering, troubleshooting, and repairing aircraft components (electrical and mechanical)
- Technical writing skills and ability to create FAA repair process documentation
- Knowledge of FAA airworthiness regulations and foreign authority requirements
- Experience using manual and automatic measuring equipment and establishing measurement tolerances
- Experience in quality control and new product development within the aviation industry
- Ability to develop test and tooling equivalency and supporting documentation
- Project management of multiple engineering projects
HEICO Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about HEICO and has not been reviewed or approved by HEICO.
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Retirement Support — The company maintains a long‑standing 401(k) program with company matching available to nearly all U.S. employees, with matches sometimes delivered in company stock. Official materials indicate broad participation and subsidiary‑level match structures.
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Flexible Benefits — The package spans medical, dental, vision, HSAs/FSAs, life and disability coverage, PTO and holidays, tuition reimbursement, an EAP, and various discounts, with multiple plan choices. Eligibility and specifics can differ by subsidiary.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellness programs such as health fairs, screenings, flu shots, and on‑site classes appear alongside fitness, retail, and entertainment discounts. These offerings complement core coverage and support day‑to‑day wellbeing.
HEICO Insights
What We Do
HEICO Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of aerospace, defense, and electronics related products and services in the United States and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Flight Support Group (FSG/HEICO Aerospace) and Electronic Technologies Group (ETG). HEICO Aerospace offers jet engine and aircraft component replacement parts. It also involves in manufacturing specialty aircraft/defense related parts; offering thermal insulation blankets primarily for aerospace, defense, and commercial applications; subcontracting for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs); providing specialty parts as a subcontractor for aerospace and industrial OEMs, and the United States government. In addition, this segment distributes hydraulic, pneumatic, mechanical, and electro-mechanical components for the aviation markets.
