Instrumentation Engineer

Spectrum Comm•Nellis Air Force Base, NV

About The Position

The Instrumentation Engineer provides advanced engineering expertise in support of Air Force test and evaluation missions by planning, designing, integrating, evaluating, and sustaining complex airborne and ground-based instrumentation systems. This position applies professional electronics engineering principles and advanced development test and evaluation methodologies to support weapon systems, subsystems, and associated support equipment, including fifth-generation aircraft platforms. The role serves as a technical authority and advisor, contributing to project execution, program planning, and the application of emerging technologies while ensuring system performance, data integrity, and mission success within a secure operational environment at Nellis Air Force Base.

Requirements

Level I: Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical discipline and a minimum of two years of relevant experience.
Level II: Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical discipline and a minimum of five years of relevant experience.
Level III: Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical discipline and a minimum of ten years of relevant experience.
Level IV: Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical discipline and a minimum of fourteen years of relevant experience.
An active Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) clearance is required.
Ability to obtain and maintain access to Nellis Air Force Base.

Responsibilities

Apply professional electronics engineering concepts, principles, practices, standards, methods, and techniques to instrumentation system development, execution, and sustainment.
Plan, design, integrate, test, troubleshoot, evaluate, and oversee the development or sustainment of electronic systems and devices supporting integrated air vehicles, ground systems, and support equipment.
Apply development test and evaluation methodologies, including experimental theories and new applications, to address technical challenges and provide engineering direction and advisory support.
Provide expert technical judgment to resolve unique, complex, or novel engineering problems that may require deviation from standard practices or processes.
Devise, evaluate, and validate criteria, parameters, characteristics, and interrelationships for instrumentation system design approaches.
Assess the impact of emerging technologies on existing systems, processes, and operational capabilities.
Support planning and program management activities, including familiarity with acquisition regulations, practices, and procedures, and coordination across multiple engineering disciplines.
Prepare and review technical documentation, analyses, and engineering products with clarity, accuracy, and technical rigor.
Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with government personnel, peers, management, contractors, academic institutions, and other agencies.
Develop and author instrumentation recording instructions for fifth-generation aircraft instrumentation systems in support of test and Evaluation Squadron stakeholder requirements.