Avionics Engineer – Loadable Software

Company: United Airlines

Location: Chicago, IL

Salary: $83,695 - $109,004 a year

Type: Full-time

Level: mid

Posted: 2026-02-09

About this role

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## Description

At United, we have some of the best aircraft in the world. Our Technical Operations team is full of aircraft maintenance technicians, engineers, planners, ground equipment and facilities professionals, and supply chain teams that help make sure they’re well taken care of and ready to get our customers to their desired destinations. If you’re ready to work on our planes, join our Tech Ops experts and help keep our fleet in tip-top shape.

Job overview and responsibilities

Provide engineering support for a wide range of aircraft systems software and maintenance programs, as well as operational engineering functions. Must be able to understand, analyze and seek solutions to the design, operation, maintenance, performance or repair of aircraft and their components. Should be able to logically approach problem-solving, define an aircraft maintenance program or configurations and ensure a safe and legal operation. As a United Engineer, you will also evaluate the benefits of the cost impact of a fleet decision to ensure a balance of cost, assets utilization. You will be responsible for working with both internal and external customers on technical issues, work scope recommendations and failure investigations. You could work in a variety of engineering departments based on current needs.

This specific role is for the Loadable Software Group (LSG), which is part of the Avionics Engineering department.

  • Acquire, duplicate, distribute, recall, and purge aircraft software
  • Acquire and distribute various operational databases such as Navigation Databases, Terrain Databases, Moving Maps, etc. to Maintenance, and Simulators
  • Manage software distribut...

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