Control Systems Engineer

Amentum•Huntsville, AL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Amentum Space Exploration Group (ASEG) offers a partnership, in which you can grow personally and professionally in an environment of strong leadership support, competitive compensation, work/home life balance, and an emphasis on safety. Join ASEG on the Engineering Services and Science Capability Augmentation (ESSCA) contract and be part of a team that is making history. The Control Systems Engineer will operate, maintain and troubleshoot existing test control systems, perform setup and modification of existing test control systems, specify and tune feedback control loop algorithms for optimum performance, design and implement new test control systems, and coordinate transducer and actuator installation, writing technical procedures to be performed by technicians. Job duties will include coordination with NASA customers across organizations to ensure mission success, working with a diverse team of civil servants and contractors to design, develop, set up, and perform structural testing on space flight qualification hardware, and other mission critical hardware. The role also involves participating in Beyond Zero Safety Culture, attending safety meetings, task meetings, design reviews, and test readiness reviews as requested to support ESSCA and customer requirements, as well as developing and delivering reports and presentations as requested and performing safety and certification training.

Requirements

BS degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Aerospace Engineering, or Physics with at least 2 years of experience in control systems is required.
Excellent verbal and writing skills.
Experience with hydraulic and pneumatic fluid control systems, valves and actuators for automated control of position, force, pressure and velocity.
Experience with electric motor control systems, Variable Frequency Drives or servo-motors.
Experience with embedded systems and microcontrollers such as Raspberry Pi, Arduino, cRIO or similar.
Experience with communication protocols such as ethercat, profinet, RS-232, RS485, CAN, I2C, SPI
Experience with data acquisition hardware such as cDAQ, PXI, HBK, Dewetron, Dewesoft, Gantner or similar hardware.
Knowledge of basic instrumentation applications - utilizing strain gauges, load cells, pressure transducers, thermocouples, and displacement sensors.
Desire to conduct detailed hands-on work in a Lab testing environment on sub scale models to full scale structures in some of NASA’s largest indoor and outdoor test facilities.
Requires ability to provide clear, concise, accurate and timely communication, both verbally and in writing (100%).
Requires ability to interact professionally with co-workers, management, and client (100%).
Requires sitting for extended periods of time in meetings with peers, management, and with our client at NASA facilities to discuss technical issues (10%).
Also, requires sitting for extended periods of time at a desk to write reports and perform engineering tasks (40%).
Requires ability to use stairs or elevators for access between floors and multiple buildings at NASA and Amentum facilities (10%).
Requires ability to operate a personal computer, a telephone, fax machine, copier, calculator, and other general office equipment (100%).
The ability to work independently with minimal supervision, and to make rational decisions, and to exercise good judgment is essential (100%).
Proof of U.S. Citizenship is required.

Nice To Haves

Degree from an ABET accredited institution is preferred.
Typically, educational requirements are the equivalent of a Ph.D. with a minimum 4 years of experience; Masters with at least 8 years of experience, or a BS with at least 10 years of experience.
The ideal candidate will be an Engineer with a strong sampling of the following skills and a desire to learn in depth

Responsibilities

Operate, maintain and troubleshoot existing test control systems.
Perform setup and modification of existing test control systems.
Specify and tune feedback control loop algorithms for optimum performance.
Design and implement new test control systems.
Coordinate transducer and actuator installation, writing technical procedures to be performed by technicians.
Coordination with NASA customers across organizations to ensure mission success.
Work with a diverse team of civil servants and contractors to design, develop, set up, and perform structural testing on space flight qualification hardware, and other mission critical hardware.
Participate in Beyond Zero Safety Culture, attend safety meetings, task meetings, design reviews, and test readiness reviews as requested to support ESSCA and customer requirements.
Develop and deliver reports and presentations as requested to support ESSCA and customer requirements.
Perform safety and certification training to support ESSCA and customer requirements.