RPA Munitions Technician – Deployment Pool

About the role

The RPA Munitions Technician I in the Deployment Pool provides critical support for unmanned aircraft systems by handling, maintaining, and demilitarising a wide range of munitions. The role requires flexibility to deploy to both CONUS and OCONUS locations and to work closely with armament teams to ensure mission‑ready weapons.

Key responsibilities

• Assemble, disassemble, renovate, transport, load, deactivate, modify, destroy and safely handle missiles, precision weapons and gravity bombs.
• Perform installation, configuration changes, repair and adjustment of aircraft armament systems and components.
• Execute maintenance modifications, destruction and demilitarisation of ammunition and explosive components.
• Operate computer hardware, software utilities and manual records for stock control and accounting.
• Inspect bomb release systems and missile launchers to determine repair or destruction needs.
• Support weapons loading, armament system certification and related safety activities.
• Provide technical input on weapons management, inventory, maintenance and compliance.

Required profile

• High school diploma or equivalent military/vocational training.
• At least one year of hands‑on aircraft munitions or weapons maintenance experience.
• Completion of USAF Munitions/Weapons Tech School or a DoD‑equivalent program.
• Basic knowledge of technical publications related to aircraft maintenance.

Required skills

• Aircraft armament system installation and modification.
• Munitions assembly, disassembly, renovation, transport and destruction.
• Missile and bomb handling (precision and gravity bombs).
• Stock control and accounting using computer hardware/software utilities.
• Inspection of bomb release systems and missile launchers.
• Weapons loading and armament system certification.
• Quality assurance and compliance for munitions programs.