Engineering Technician III /IV (VX-20)

Systems Application & Technologies Inc

9d•Onsite

About The Position

At the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division in Patuxent River, MD, SA-TECH supports the Aircraft Instrumentation Division (AID) of the Prototyping, Experimentation, and Instrumentation (PIE) Department and we are currently looking to hire an Instrumentation/Engineering Technician III/IV to perform fabrication, installation and operational support of instrumentation systems and wiring harnesses on various aircraft and test articles.

Requirements

High School diploma required with two years of relevant experience preferred.
Knowledge of instrumentation system and the willingness to work the various shifts and weekends.
Must already have or must be able to obtain (and subsequently maintain) IPC/WHMA-A-620 certification within 60 days of start (government-taught classes may be used if available).
A minimum of 2-3 years of relevant work experience is required.
Must be able to obtain and maintain a Non-Aircrew Cockpit Systems (NACS) qualification.
Current Driver’s License required; must be able to be insured through company’s vehicle insurance policy while driving work/government/rental vehicles during working hours, and for the duration of employment.
U.S. Citizenship required and you must be able to obtain a U.S. DoD Security Secret Clearance prior to hire date and maintain a Secret clearance throughout employment.
All candidates will be required to pass background screening to include SSN, Driver Record, and Criminal Background Investigation.

Responsibilities

Preflight, post flight E2D and P-8 platforms, as well as flight test pods and ground support equipment (test carts, DRODI vans)
Wire various instrumentation packages
Wire various platform; AID processes and procedures.
Aid the instrumentation operations engineers by maintaining, installing, calibrating, testing and troubleshooting F-35 instrumentation systems.
Support on-aircraft ground testing.
Perform instrumentation pre-flights, post-flights and test flight support (including loading and removing data cartridges and delivering them to data processing).
Perform work in the Instrumentation Lab (troubleshooting, installing and checking out instrumentation systems).
Conform to AVMI and LM FOD and tool control policies and all facets of security (physical, Automated Information System (AIS), document control, Communications Security (COMSEC), Operations Security (OPSEC), and security education requirements) as well as instrumentation quality assurance inspections.
Aid the instrumentation operations engineers by maintaining, installing, calibrating, testing and troubleshooting E2D and P-8 instrumentation systems.
Support on-aircraft ground testing.
Perform instrumentation pre-flights, post-flights and test flight support (including loading and removing data cartridges and delivering them to data processing).
Perform work in the Instrumentation Lab (troubleshooting, installing and checking out instrumentation systems).
Conform to AVMI FOD and tool control policies and all facets of security (physical, Automated Information System (AIS), document control, Communications Security (COMSEC), Operations Security (OPSEC), and security education requirements) as well as instrumentation quality assurance inspections.