Field Technician 2

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. • Virginia Beach, VA

11d • $42,078 - $60,112

About The Position

This opportunity resides with Uncrewed Systems (UxS) , a business group within HII’s Mission Technologies division. Uncrewed Systems comprises unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs), unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) and autonomy software. HII creates advanced unmanned solutions for defense, marine research and commercial applications. Serving customers in more than 30 countries, HII provides design, autonomy, manufacturing, testing, operations and sustainment of unmanned systems, including unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) and unmanned surface vessels (USVs). HII Unmanned Systems is seeking an experienced Field Technician to come join our team! HII Unmanned Systems creates advanced unmanned solutions for defense, marine research and commercial applications. Serving customers in more than 30 countries, HII provides design, autonomy, manufacturing, testing, operations and sustainment of unmanned systems, including unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) and unmanned surface vessels (USVs). Installs, operates, maintains, repairs and modifies equipment. Performs a variety of maintenance and technical support on products such as equipment, integrated systems and subsystems, and software at customer and/or field locations. Analyzes and evaluates products and related performance. Troubleshoots and diagnoses malfunctions to eliminate problem in minimum time. Installs, upgrades and removes products ensuring coordinative engineering field change. Maintains effective customer communications, relations, and provides onsite training.

Requirements

• Associates Degree or other 2 year technical degree in related discipline and 1 year of related experience; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 3 years related experience.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a secret clearance

Nice To Haves

• Experience integrating and testing software and hardware on marine robotics.
• Comfortable working off of small boats or large boats offshore
• linux command line knowledge

Responsibilities

• Provides testing per specific test procedures by using measuring instruments and computer test programs for vehicle systems or products.
• Provides customer support and training for new and existing customers both in house and in the field.
• Supports the production and manufacturing functions.
• Supports the production and assembly of test boards.
• Maintains vehicle repairs, upgrades and execution of test procedures in new and existing vehicles.
• Have routine computer skills (directory structure, hyperterm, applications).
• Performs pre-mission tasks (vehicle mission programming, vehicle checkout). Be able to recognize when something is out of spec.
• Performs post mission data download and analysis
• Performs level "one" troubleshooting; visual inspection, use of DVM, basic schematic reading.
• Leads normal vehicle systems field operations for testing. Design mission to perform needed tasks and get best information out of it. Have a good grasp on what to do if things do NOT go right.
• Documents test results with appropriate information in a complete manner and communicate to all required.
• Reads and interprets specific test procedures to properly perform and document test results.
• Performs all job responsibilities in support of Product Quality Standards.
• Communicates all design problems and “bugs” to the correct areas within the organization.
• Must be able to work in the field unsupervised.
• Other duties as assigned

Benefits

• We offer competitive benefits such as best-in-class medical, dental and vision plan choices; wellness resources; employee assistance programs; Savings Plan Options (401(k)); financial planning tools, life insurance; employee discounts; paid holidays and paid time off; tuition reimbursement; as well as early childhood and post-secondary education scholarships.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree