Senior Controls & Facility Engineer

Astrion • Mountain View, CA

12h • Onsite

About The Position

Astrion has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Controls & Facility Engineer located at the NASA Ames Research Center (ARC) in Mountain View, CA. Astrion is looking for individuals with extensive background in wind-tunnel systems, complex mechanical/electrical controls, project engineering, facility automation, and government/contractor interface management. The role supports operational readiness, troubleshooting, commissioning, system upgrades, and project leadership for multi-million-dollar government engineering programs.

Requirements

• 20+ years relevant experience in controls engineering, wind-tunnel operations, instrumentation, complex facility management, or large-scale mechanical/electrical systems
• Demonstrated expertise with wind-tunnel control logic (pressure control, isolation systems, HWSS, IGV control, supervisory state-flow systems).
• Deep engineering background in mechanical or electrical engineering, including MS/BS degrees from accredited institutions.
• Strong competency in control-systems tools such as MATLAB/Simulink, MATRIXx/SystemBuild, Ovation, AutoCAD, and failure-analysis methodologies.
• Proven project engineering and project-management experience on multi-million-dollar government or industry engineering programs
• Ability to manage technical specification development, commissioning, and integrated system testing.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder-management skills; history of leading multi-disciplinary engineering teams.

Nice To Haves

• Professional Engineering license (California or equivalent).
• Prior NASA Ames wind-tunnel or aeronautics test-facility experience strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and operational support for UPWT, including control systems engineering, facility troubleshooting, test-section systems, and daily operations.
• Lead or contribute to modernization projects involving control system replacement, safety system upgrades, mechanical/electrical refurbishment, facility automation, and tunnel performance improvements.
• Conduct requirements development, verification/validation, hazard remediation, interface management, and risk identification/mitigation.
• Perform detailed design, analysis, modeling, and systems testing across mechanical, structural, electrical, and control domains.
• Prepare technical documentation, test procedures, project reports, white papers, and trade studies to support funding justification and decision.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior