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Aviation Safety Inspector (AW-General Aviation Avionics )

Federal Aviation Administration · Posted today

Hybrid San Jose, CA $157K – $197K Apply by Jul 7, 2026 Aviation Safety ISTJ
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About the Role

The duty location for this position is San Jose, CA.

What You'll Do

  • The aviation safety inspector (ASI) receives administrative direction from management in terms of broadly defined missions or functions.
  • The ASI, mostly independently plans, designs, and carries out programs, projects, studies, or other work.
  • The ASI provides policy assistance to ASIs on difficult or complex policy interpretations.
  • The work is normally accepted without change.
  • Completed work may be reviewed for adherence to FAA policy and for assurance that project requirements have been fulfilled.
  • Some FG-14 assignments involve service wide responsibility for application of expert knowledge of flight avionics for an advanced multiengine turbojet aircraft.
  • Such employees are concerned with all aspects of the operational capabilities and limitations of the aircraft.
  • ASIs at the FG-14 level establish technical procedures and performance indexes and review complete flight operations programs for leaders in the aviation industry, or organizations of comparable scope and complexity, or a uniquely complex group of general aviation organizations.
  • Assignments at this level are of great scope and unusual complexity.
  • The following assignments are illustrative: 1.
  • As a Service wide expert on a particular type of aircraft: Advises other inspectors of major changes; Evaluates new training methods and equipment; Serves on boards that evaluate incidents, accidents, complaints, and other serious problems relating to the aircraft. 2.
  • As the principal representative in regulatory surveillance of general aviation activities, exercises certificate authority; or evaluates maintenance activities and complete aircraft overhaul facilities. 3.
  • The magnitude, intensity, and scope of program responsibility are typically such as to require significant and regular assistance of lower graded inspectors.
  • Decisions typically have broad impact on the operation, maintenance of a particular type of advanced aircraft, or a geographic area containing a variety of novel and/or complex aviation operations.

Requirements

  • We are not accepting applications from noncitizens.
  • Education is not qualifying for this position and may not be substituted for experience.

Personality Fit

This role is commonly a great fit for these MBTI types:

Job ID: 5a761d5b-970e-459a-adf8-6a2f0d7e6084

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