About Sun Country Airlines

Were not your average airline. Were agile, resilient, and full of unique opportunity. Here, you can grow as part of an ambitious team that safely and collectively supports each other, our travelers, and our community. Together, were making travel more attainable.

With more than 40 years of Minnesota roots, were a unique hybrid low-cost carrier offering diverse services including scheduled flights to destinations across the U.S., Canada, Central America, and the Caribbean, as well as charter and cargo operations around the world. At Sun Country, youll be part of a growing airline and an enthusiastic team focused on connecting our community with their favorite people and places.

Sun Country Airlines provides the resources and support our employees need to succeed. Besides working at a great and growing company, as an Avionics Engineer youll enjoy these benefits and more:

• Comprehensive benefit package including dental and vision
• PPO and high deductible health plans
• Health savings accounts (HSA and FSA)
• Dependent Care
• Starting day one free standby and discounted travel privileges for employees, family, & friends
• 401(k) match
• Paid Time Off
• Paid holidays
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program including counseling for employees and their family
• Fitness incentive and Stop Smoking Support

Avionics Engineer Overview:

The Avionics Engineer is responsible for establishing technical programs and managing all day-to-day technical issues for the aircraft in the areas of avionics and associated electrical systems. This position has primary job responsibility for the technical aspects of Maintenance Engineering activity based upon Safety, FAA Regulations, Reliability, and cost of ownership issues.

Essential Roles & Responsibilities:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Identify and assign all Engineering Task Cards/Authorizations to address avionics and related system repairs and alterations.
• Provide technical assistance related to aircraft fleet upgrades/modifications.
• Review and disposition avionics and aircraft electrical system Airworthiness Directives, Service Bulletins, Service Letters, coordinating new technology programs, etc.
• Serve as the point of contact for vendors on technical issues relating to these avionics and aircraft electrical systems, and the establishment of procedures for coordinating and resolving technical issues with vendors.
• Coordinate with various departments to resolve and prevent aircraft electrical system deficiencies
• Review and improve maintenance manuals, illustrated parts catalogs, task cards, and service bulletins in relation to all avionics
• Any other duties assigned by management

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree or equivalent experience
• Previous airline experience
• Proven engineering, computer, and technical knowledge experience
• Excellent at articulating complex information to various audiences
• Exceptional mathematical skills
• Ability to apply principles of logic and scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems
• Ability to obtain an MSP SIDA Badge

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous Avionics Engineering experience with 737 aircraft
• Two or more years experience in a 121 or 135 airline engineering environment

Compensation:

$90,000-110,000.00. This is the base compensation for this role.

Classification: 

Full-time, Exempt

Working Location: 

This position is open in Minneapolis, MN.

Supervisory Responsibility:

None

Work environment:

This job primarily operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands or finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

AAP/EEO Statement:

It is the policy of Sun Country Airlines to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

Other Duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

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