Avionics Superintendent: civilian jobs and transferable skills
Air Force 2A090 Avionics Superintendent experience builds transferable skills in avionics, operations management, scheduling, supervision, team leadership, training, quality assurance, safety, data analysis, process improvement, and regulatory compliance. CivLaunch currently matches 26 open civilian jobs to this specialty, including Production Supervisor at LMI Aerospace, Operations Manager at Moog, and Customer Service Manager at Hartzell Engine Technologies.
About the 2A090 specialty
Manages avionics maintenance functions and activities within aircraft maintenance organizations. Plans, organizes, and schedules maintenance production; establishes and enforces quality, safety, and technical compliance standards; analyzes maintenance and reliability data to identify trends and improve processes; manages personnel, training programs, and equipment resources; and advises leadership on avionics capability and equipment status. Superintendent (9-skill) level.
Ranked by how many of your skills each job uses. Strong matches share the most.
Production Supervisor
LMI Aerospace · Auburn, WA
Strong Match
$85,000–$95,000 a year
Aerospace Manufacturing
5+ years
Production supervisor at Sonaca North America in Auburn, Washington, running a manufacturing department. Plans daily work from production orders and schedules, holds production meetings on metrics, fixes delays and cost problems, builds the training program, evaluates staff, runs self-audits against quality procedures, and leads corrective action and lean projects. Pays $85,000 to $95,000.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to scheduling, supervision, and team leadership.
Operations manager leading a multi-shift circuit card assembly operation: managing supervisors and technicians, safety, training programs, continuous improvement through yield and throughput metrics, and root cause corrective action.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to operations management, supervision, and team leadership.
Customer service manager at Hartzell Engine Technologies in Montgomery, Alabama. Leads the customer service and technical support teams, owns quoting, pricing, order entry, and post-sale support, sets service standards and metrics, links inside and outside sales with operations, drives process improvements, and reports results to senior leaders. Needs a bachelor's degree and six years of customer operations including leadership.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to operations management, supervision, and team leadership.
Line service supervisor at the Hill Aircraft FBO in Atlanta, leading technicians who fuel, tow, marshal, and handle baggage for business aircraft. Runs shift safety briefings, assigns and checks work, trains new staff, keeps shifts staffed, plans ramp parking and hangar space, tracks fuel farm inventory and quality checks, and verifies inspection paperwork. Hourly, full time.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to operations management, scheduling, and supervision.
First-shift manufacturing supervisor at Piper Aircraft in Vero Beach, Florida. Leads a crew building aircraft to Piper specs: sets daily goals with leads, assigns workers to the schedule, trains staff, handles evaluations and discipline, decides rework or scrap, solves assembly problems with engineering, and heads off part shortages. Five years of fabrication or sheet metal preferred.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to scheduling, supervision, and team leadership.
Site supply chain manager on the leadership team at GKN Aerospace in Wellington, Kansas. Leads planners, schedulers, and logistics staff, runs sales and operations planning and the master production schedule, oversees receiving, warehousing, and shipping, owns site inventory targets and ERP data quality, and drives improvement. Five years of procurement, supply chain, or operations leadership in manufacturing.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to operations management, scheduling, and supervision.
Lead electronics technician and FAA repairman at Triumph's West Hartford, Connecticut repair station. Inspects electronic parts to IPC-A-610, directs and trains repair staff, schedules work, updates repair procedures, writes estimates, oversees NDT, and returns parts to service. Needs five years as an aerospace technician and an A&P or repairman certificate. Pay $36.94 to $52.15 an hour.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to avionics, scheduling, and supervision.
Production team leader at the GKN Aerospace plant in Garden Grove, California, which makes aircraft windows and canopies. Runs daily shift priorities and staffing, leads safety briefings and lockout checks, tracks quality, scrap, and delivery, leads problem solving and lean improvements, and coaches and reviews employees. Needs a high school diploma, five years in manufacturing, and ITAR eligibility.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to scheduling, supervision, and team leadership.
Second-shift manufacturing supervisor at Piper Aircraft in Vero Beach, Florida. Leads assembly crews building aircraft parts, assigns work and staffing to the schedule, trains and evaluates employees, handles discipline and leave, works fit problems with engineering, decides rework or scrap, heads off part shortages, and records labor time and payroll. Five years of aircraft assembly or mechanic work preferred.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to scheduling, supervision, and team leadership.
Charter coordinator in the Cutter Aviation operations center in Phoenix. Quotes and schedules charter trips, plans crew and passenger details, arranges catering and ground transport, tracks flights, collects payments, and serves as ground security coordinator, with on-call nights and weekends. One to three years in aviation preferred; Part 91 and 135 knowledge and a pilot certificate a plus.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to operations management, scheduling, and safety.
Delivery coordinator supervisor at Sonaca North America in Washington, Missouri. Hires, trains, and schedules the team that tracks customer orders through the plant, answers delivery questions, keeps past-due and recovery plans current, holds or splits jobs, flags critical parts and bottlenecks at daily meetings, and works with scheduling, warehouse, shipping, and quality. Manufacturing background and Excel skills preferred.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to operations management, scheduling, and supervision.
Master production scheduler and planning manager at Beaver Aerospace & Defense, the Héroux-Devtek actuation plant in Livonia, Michigan. Owns the master schedule and capacity plans, turns demand forecasts into workable build plans, manages bottleneck work centers, sets daily priorities, digs into schedule misses, and leads production planners. Five years of planning or scheduling in manufacturing; bachelor's preferred.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to operations management, scheduling, and team leadership.
Production planning and control manager and site master scheduler at Sonaca North America in Washington, Missouri. Builds program master schedules and capacity plans, leads schedulers and delivery coordinators, runs the site's sales, inventory, and operations planning, reschedules the shop to hit customer dates, and flags bottlenecks early. Bachelor's or equivalent, five years of scheduling, and SAP.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to operations management, scheduling, and supervision.
Shares 5 of your 11 skills:
Operations Management
Scheduling
Supervision
Team Leadership
Data Analysis
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
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Quality Clinic Leader
LMI Aerospace · Washington, MO
Good Match
Quality
5+ years
Quality clinic leader at Sonaca North America in Washington, Missouri. Leads the team that investigates nonconforming aerospace parts, finds true root causes with tools such as 5 Whys, 8D, and fishbone, drives corrective actions that cut scrap, escapes, and late deliveries, tracks clinic metrics, updates work instructions, and trains staff. Engineering bachelor's or equivalent plus five years, including leadership.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to team leadership, training, and quality assurance.
Shares 5 of your 11 skills:
Team Leadership
Training
Quality Assurance
Data Analysis
Process Improvement
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
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CNC Mill Production Team Lead
Primus Aerospace · Lakewood, CO
Potential Match
$30–$42 an hour
Aerospace Manufacturing
5+ years
CNC mill team lead at Primus Aerospace in Lakewood, Colorado, which machines tight-tolerance parts for defense and aerospace primes. Runs daily mill production, sets up 3- to 5-axis mills, proves and troubleshoots programs, tracks scrap and cycle times, trains and evaluates machinists, and leads lean and 5S work. Needs five years of machining and GD&T. Pays $30 to $42 hourly.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to supervision, team leadership, and training.
Modification supervisor at the Empire Airlines repair station in Hayden, Idaho. Runs the hangar lines doing structural and composite repairs and modifications, staffs and schedules technicians and leads, keeps projects on schedule and budget, coordinates parts and inspections, and updates customers. Needs an A&P with three years of experience and two years supervising; $32 to $47 an hour.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to scheduling, supervision, and team leadership.
Shares 5 of your 11 skills:
Scheduling
Supervision
Team Leadership
Safety
Regulatory Compliance
FAA A&P certificate required
Requires: FAA certificate under FAR Part 65; valid driver license
CNC lathe team lead at Primus Aerospace in Lakewood, Colorado, on a four-day first shift. Runs daily lathe production to schedule, cost, and quality, sets up lathes and proves and troubleshoots programs, gives operators setups and tooling, tracks cycle times and scrap, coaches and evaluates machinists, and drives lean and 5S improvements. Five years of machining, including lathe setup.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to supervision, team leadership, and training.
Avionics manager at the Cutter Aviation Part 145 repair station in Phoenix, Arizona. Leads avionics technicians through troubleshooting, installations, upgrades, and return-to-service work, plans workloads and project timelines, keeps test equipment calibrated, orders parts, coordinates sign-offs with inspectors, and serves as technical contact for customers. Five years of avionics maintenance with lead experience; $90,000 to $130,000.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to avionics, scheduling, and supervision.
Production planning coordinator at Royal Engineered Composites in Minden, Nebraska. Supports the planning manager and shop floor by updating forecast orders with sales and production, tracking orders and reporting status to customers, working escalated production problems and their root causes, and suggesting process improvements, plus routine department administration. No education or experience requirements are listed in the posting.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to operations management, scheduling, and data analysis.
Customer service representative at the Cutter Aviation FBO in Prescott, Arizona. Assists aircraft owners, crews, and passengers, books reservations, sends fuel and catering orders to line service, bills for services, resolves complaints, drives crews around the airfield, and keeps radio contact with arriving aircraft under FAA and TSA rules. Needs one to three years of customer service. $19 an hour.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to operations management, scheduling, and safety.
Senior procurement specialist at Hartzell Engine Technologies in Montgomery, Alabama. Leads sourcing for complex commodities and key suppliers of aircraft engine accessory parts, negotiates contracts, tracks supplier quality, delivery, and cost, finds savings, reports purchasing data, and mentors junior buyers. Typically needs four to six years of procurement or supply chain work; a related bachelor's degree is preferred.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to training, data analysis, and process improvement.
Second-shift production supervisor for the grinding department at Beaver Aerospace & Defense in Livonia, Michigan. Leads machinists doing precision ID/OD, centerless, and thread grinding, schedules the work, reads drawings and sets methods and tooling, fixes grinder problems, checks parts with gauges and CMM, and coaches staff. Needs five years each of grinding and supervision. Pays $85,000 a year.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to scheduling, supervision, and team leadership.
Maintenance supervisor for three Essex Industries plants in St. Louis. Leads technicians maintaining production equipment, boilers, HVAC, and buildings, shifts the team toward preventive maintenance, tracks downtime and backlog, keeps equipment records and PM schedules, orders parts, runs the safety committee and investigates accidents. Needs technical college and two to five years of industrial maintenance; CFC certification for HVAC work.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to supervision, team leadership, and training.
Quality engineer applying quality principles to incoming material, production, and supplier products; leads failure investigations, MRB decisions, and corrective action, designs inspection and test processes, and performs statistical analysis of nonconforming product.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to quality assurance, data analysis, and process improvement.
Quality inspector for Innovative Aerosystems (formerly IS&S), an avionics maker in Exton, Pennsylvania. Inspects incoming material, work in process, and finished electronic and mechanical assemblies against IPC workmanship standards, keeps calibration and quality records, and verifies documentation at final inspection. Needs five years in manufacturing, drawing-reading skills, and knowledge of AS9100 and J-STD-001; U.S. person status required.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to quality assurance, data analysis, and process improvement.
Quality control supervisor at Hartzell Engine Technologies in Montgomery, Alabama, a maker of general aviation engine accessories. Leads a small team of inspectors and technicians, plans the daily inspection and test workload, keeps quality records complete, writes up nonconformances and escalates problems to production, and keeps work compliant. Three years of quality or manufacturing; bachelor's preferred.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to supervision, team leadership, and quality assurance.