Education:
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Months/Years of Experience:
Must possess a Bachelor's Degree in the designated technical area of specialization from an accredited university and nine (9) years of combined engineering and technical experience, including 6 years of project experience; or a Master's Degree in the designated technical area of specialization from an accredited* university and seven (7) years of combined engineering and technical experience, including four (4) years of project experience; or a PhD in Engineering in the appropriate area of specialization or related discipline from an accredited* college/university and five (5) years of applicable experience, including two (2) years of project experience, performing engineering, analysis, and related functions in research, development, test and evaluation in support of military equipment and systems. Areas of specialization may include electromagnetics, electro-optics, optical sciences, electronic circuits, modeling and simulation, infrared scene projection, structural analysis, radar systems, high voltage systems, mechanical systems, data acquisition, stockpile testing, HWIL, HPC, or IR scene generation. Additional specialization requirements:
b. Electrical - Experience must include performing research, design, development, test or supervision of the manufacturing and installation of electrical components, or systems for commercial, industrial, military, or scientific use; and performing engineering, analysis, and related functions in research, development, test and evaluation in support of military equipment and systems.
Required Qualifications:
U.S. Citizen. Candidate must hold an active security clearance or have the ability to obtain a security clearance. Experience must include performing research, design, development, test or supervision of the manufacturing and installation of electrical components, or systems for commercial, industrial, military, or scientific use; and performing engineering, analysis, and related functions in research, development, test and evaluation in support of military equipment and systems. Candidate must be able to obtain and maintain an FAA Class III medical certificate. Note: Degree must also be from an ABET accredited university in the designated technical area of specialization or related discipline
Desired Qualifications:
Experience in aircraft/aircraft systems/aircraft instrumentation (e.g., flight control, displays, radar, communication/navigation, airframe) testing. Ability to read and create electrical schematics. Ability to create or modify Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) data streams. Working knowledge of programming numerical systems such as Binary, Hexadecimal, Octal, etc. Working knowledge of how to interface with, and record data from, military aviation platforms.
Duties:
Incumbent will serve as a senior electrical engineer in the field of airborne instrumentation systems integration for the U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command, Redstone Test Center. Also responsible for planning, execution, real-time data quality monitoring, data analysis, and reporting for developmental and/or operational tests of system integrations on various aviation weapon system platforms as well as contributing to and documenting flight operations and flight test developments.
Comments:
Compliance with health mandates as dictated by the contract may be required as a condition of employment.
Additional Questions:
What makes this job interesting/What would interest a candidate?
In your role as an Electrical Engineer, you will directly support implementation of non-standard instrumentation systems on U.S. Army aircraft in support of Redstone Test Center flight testing operations. Using your experience in electrical or electronics engineering, you will design and facilitate integration of instrumentation to meet flight test data requirements.
Tell me what a normal workday islike? List tasks.
Work as part of a team of aerospace, structural, and electrical engineers and technicians.
Use your skills in electrical/electronic design and physics to design instrumentation systems to support flight testing. This includes creating electrical drawings and analysis, participating in instrumentation design review meetings, working with flight test engineers on meeting testing requirements, translating electrical design requirements to structural engineers and working with technicians to ensure successful integration of the system on the aircraft.
Prepare documentation (drawings, analysis, presentations, etc.) for review that will serve as a guide for installation and removal of instrumentation systems.
Communicate with design teams and flight test teams to understand and influence requirements with the goal of optimizing current and future designs.
Troubleshoot issues that may arise in data collection
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