Instrumentation and Controls Technician

Sierra Lobo • Milan, OH

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Sierra Lobo provides professional and technical capabilities in Test and Evaluation, Systems Engineering, and Advanced Technologies, and develops products and processes for cryogenic fluid and thermal management, densified propellant management, and extreme-pressure and temperature systems. Its customers include the Department of Defense, the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, Missile Defense Agency, and NASA. This position is located at Sierra Lobo’s Engineering Facility in Milan, Ohio.

The Instrumentation and Controls Technician builds, installs, integrates, calibrates, troubleshoots, and operates electrical, controls, data, and instrumentation hardware and systems. The role supports specialty process systems, aerospace hardware, and test rigs, including the integration of pressure, temperature, flow, stress-strain, and level-management devices. The technician also prepares calibration, technical procedure, and quality-control documentation.

Requirements

• Journey-level certificate in Instrumentation and Controls, or an Associate of Applied Science degree in Engineering Technology.
• At least eight years of relevant experience.
• Intermediate to advanced soldering skills applicable to both through-hole and surface-mount technology.
• Working knowledge of the National Electric Code (NEC).
• Working knowledge of ISO9001:2000 or AS9100 Quality Systems.
• Must be a U.S. citizen.

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience wiring, installing, and operating devices in cryogenic systems, including liquid hydrogen, liquid oxygen, liquid nitrogen, or liquid helium.
• Understanding of basic cryogenics, power distribution systems, and precision data acquisition.
• Direct knowledge of C/C++ in PC and embedded-system environments, Visual Basic, Simulink, AutoCAD, MathCAD, Altium Designer, MultiSim, and/or LabVIEW.

Responsibilities

• Build and solder circuit boards and solder delicate instrumentation.
• Install electronic circuits, controls, data and instrumentation hardware, subsystems, and systems for specialty process systems, aerospace hardware, and test rigs.
• Integrate pressure, temperature, flow, stress-strain, and level-management devices into process systems and test hardware.
• Prepare calibration documentation, technical procedures, and quality-control documentation for ISO9001 and AS9100.
• Install, check out, calibrate, troubleshoot, and operate electrical, controls, data, and instrumentation hardware and systems.
• Install instrumentation and signal-conditioning equipment and integrate it with data-acquisition systems.

What This Job Offers

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