Specialty Summary. Maintains, operates, and supervises maintenance on ground and air missiles, spacelift boosters, payloads, guidance and control systems, and subsystems. Monitors, analyzes, and compiles system performance data. Performs and supervises maintenance on automated and manual electronic test, launch control, checkout, and support equipment (SE). Designs and supervises assembly, calibration, operation, troubleshooting, and testing of research and development (R&D) systems and SE.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Monitors, operates, and supervises operation of consoles, fault display panels, and checkout equipment. Monitors status of missiles, , spacelift boosters, payloads, subsystems, and SE. Operates or oversees checkout and test equipment operation.
Supervises and performs missile, spacelift booster, and payload systems maintenance and launch processing. Directs and controls activities of contractor personnel during space launch activities. Operates, calibrates, inspects, maintains, or oversees these actions on missiles, missile and aircraft integration systems, aerospace vehicle equipment, operational ground equipment, automated and manual test equipment, spacelift boosters, and payloads. Diagnoses flight data gathered during operational and test launches. Performs intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) coding activities.
Performs or assists malfunction analysis and repair of missile, spacelift booster, and payload systems and subsystems. Determines system status. Operates or supervises operation of automated and manual test and checkout equipment. Disassembles, inspects, services, and replaces components and wiring. Modifies and repairs airframe and surfaces. Reassembles and verifies repairs, or supervises these actions on electronic components of missiles, spacelift boosters, and payloads. Maintains technical orders and publication files. Records findings.
Performs or supervises maintenance on electronic equipment, and coordinates launch processing and maintenance activities. Performs or supervises electronic equipment maintenance. Uses or monitors use of manual and automatic checkout and test equipment to check integrated missile, spacelift booster, payload systems, subsystems, and related electronic equipment.
Performs laboratory R&D activities. Assembles, maintains, and operates specialized R&D systems such as laser, electromagnetic launcher, energetic materials, propulsion, composites, optical, satellite, space structures and power, and telescope. Collects and analyzes R&D test data. Designs, maintains, modifies and operates support equipment such as data acquisition devices, fiber optic, instrumentation, vacuum systems and environmental control systems.
Specialty Qualifications:
Knowledge. Knowledge is mandatory of electronic theory, circuitry, and schematic diagrams; and electronic principles of missiles, , spacelift boosters, and payloads.
Education. For entry into this specialty, completion of high school with courses in mathematics and physics is desirable.
Training. For award of AFSC 2M031/31A/31B, completion of a specific basic 3 level missile and space systems electronic maintenance course is mandatory.
Experience. The following experience is mandatory for award of the AFSC indicated:
2M051. Qualification in and possession of AFSC 2M031/31A/31B. Also, experience in functions such as maintaining or operating missiles, spacelift boosters.
2M071. Qualification in and possession of AFSC 2M051. Also, experience performing or supervising missile maintenance, spacelift, or R&D activities.
Other. The following are mandatory as indicated: For entry into this specialty, the following are mandatory:
Normal color vision as defined in AFI 48-123, Medical Examination and Standards. For entry, award, and retention of AFSCs 2M011/31/51/71, 2M031A, or 2M031B no record of emotional instability. For award and retention the following is mandatory: Specialty requires routine access to Top Secret material or similar environment. For award and retention of AFSCs 2M031/51/71, 2M031A, or 2M031B, completion of a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) according to AFI 31‑501, Personnel Security Program Management. NOTE: Award of the 3-skill level without a completed SSBI is authorized provided an interim Top Secret security clearance has been granted according to AFI 31-501.
