Maritime Technician Sr.

Job Overview

As a Senior Marine Technician, you will ensure the operational readiness, safety, and reliability of unmanned surface vessels (USVs) and other advanced marine platforms. You will serve as a senior technical authority, providing hands-on maintenance, troubleshooting, and operational support across all mechanical and integrated systems. This position involves significant fieldwork, travel, and collaboration with engineering teams, customers, and other stakeholders in demanding industrial and on-water environments.

While the Marine Technician is not typically a customer-facing role, there may be times where you may be asked to work directly with customer personnel and other stakeholders to support training, integration and RDTE (Research, Development, Test, & Evaluation) events. Additionally, you may be asked to perform field operations in industrial and austere environments, including Naval facilities, event locations, and potentially on water during operations or training.

Essential Functions

• Serve as the lead technician and subject matter expert on mechanical and integrated systems across multiple unmanned and prototype platforms.
• Provide advanced troubleshooting and mentor junior technicians on diagnostic methods and repair best practices.
• Plan, perform, and oversee maintenance, upgrades, and repairs on all mechanical systems to ensure maximum operational uptime and readiness for test and fleet deployment.
• Lead systematic root cause analyses to identify, isolate, and resolve complex mechanical and integration issues.
• Develop repeatable maintenance procedures and improve system reliability based on field data and performance trends.
• Author and review technical documentation, including maintenance logs, repair records, and service bulletins.
• Provide detailed technical feedback to engineering and documentation teams to improve product performance and support materials.
• Perform other duties as required.

Standard Essential Functions

• Regular and reliable attendance on a full-time basis [or in accordance with posted schedule].
• Responsible for exhibiting professional behavior with both internal and external business associates that reflects positively on the company and is consistent with the company's policies and practices.
• Embodies AEVEX’s cultural values and aligns daily actions with department goals and company culture.

Qualifications and Competencies

• Basic understanding of diagnosing, troubleshooting, and repairing mechanical systems.
• Familiarity with reading technical documentation
• Ability to perform in high-tempo environments, balancing multiple priorities efficiently.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills for working with customers and technical teams.
• A hands-on, problem-solving approach with the ability to adapt to dynamic operational environments.
• Familiarity with following very structured operational and safety processes and commercial or gov’t fleet maintenance preferred

Education / Certifications

• High school diploma or equivalent is required.
• Must be able to obtain a Boater’s Safety (COLREGS) certificate preferred
• Relevant technical certifications or vocational training in mechanical and marine systems preferred.

Experience

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in mechanical systems maintenance, repair, or field support.
• Experience working in industrial or austere environments, including Naval facilities or maritime settings preferred.
• Training or experience with maritime or autonomous platforms is a strong plus.

• Frequently required repetitive movements of wrists, hands, and/or fingers
• Frequently required to stand for extended periods of time
• Frequently required to lift up to 50 pounds.

For the purpose of this summary, occasionally is used to represent up to 1/3 of the time given to the work day, frequently represents 1/3 to 2/3 of the time and constantly represents 2/3 or more of the time.

Security Clearance

• Ability to obtain/maintain a DoD clearance, U.S. Citizenship required.

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About AEVEX

AEVEX, headquartered in Solana Beach, California, supports the U.S. national security mission and partner nation needs around the world by providing full-spectrum aviation, remote sensing, and analysis solutions. The company's capabilities include custom design and engineering; rapid prototyping; sensor integration and sustainment; aircraft modification and certification; flight test instrumentation and support; mission operations service; advanced intelligence data processing, exploitation, and dissemination solutions; and tailored hardware and software mission-system tools. AEVEX uses agile and customized approaches to rapidly define, develop, and deliver specialized solutions for airborne special mission needs for the U.S. Government, partner nations, and commercial businesses. AEVEX has major offices in California, Florida, North Carolina, Ohio, and Virginia.

AEVEX provides a full suite of comprehensive benefits, including a 401(k)-retirement plan, comprehensive Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability and Life insurance group coverage with a portion of the premiums paid by the company, professional development funds, and an Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) with counseling, legal help, child and elder care support, among other benefits for qualified employees.

Recruitment Communication Notice: All official correspondence regarding your application, application status, interviews, or the AEVEX hiring process will come directly from an AEVEX representative using an @aevex.com email address or through Greenhouse, our applicant tracking system. Please use caution with communications claiming to represent AEVEX from other email domains, and always verify the sender before responding or providing personal information.