Software/Instrumentation Engineering Services

Cruz Associates•Newport News, VA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Cruz Associates, Inc. is seeking Software/Instrumentation Engineering candidates to join our team at Fort Eustis, Virginia. The contractor will be responsible for configuring special purpose ground and flight test equipment for data acquisition, display, reduction, analysis, and archiving. This includes supporting local or remote test sites, and potentially in-flight instrumentation. The role involves implementing data acquisition and monitoring controls for various data streams, participating in flight testing with pre-flight checks, in-flight support, and post-flight reporting. Candidates will observe tests to gain familiarity with IT specific to the mission, review and debug existing custom software routines (MATLAB, LabView, C#, C++, Visual Basic), and develop new routines if necessary. They will also operate electronics test equipment, transport and set up test equipment, and may be required to support flight duties, including night flights with Night Vision Goggles. A valid driver's license and the ability to lift 25 lbs are required. Passing an annual FAA III class or military Class III flight physical is mandatory.

Requirements

S. degree in the field of Electrical/Electronic Engineering or Computer Engineering from an ABET accredited program including differential and integral calculus, electrical fields and circuits, and other comparable engineering science or physics.
Current and valid Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) Driver’s License.
Ability to lift up to 25 lbs.
Must be able to pass a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) III class or military Class III flight physical annually and provide a copy of their last Department of the Army (DA) Form 759 closeout performing flight duties as a qualified non-crewmember as per AR 95-20, AR 95-1 and Training Circular (TC) 3-04.11, Commander’s Aviation Training and Standardization Program.
Junior Level: No prior experience required.
Journeyman Level: Minimum of two years of experience with the development, operation, and use of data collection techniques and systems.
Journeyman Level: Minimum of two years of experience with data collection or instrumentation systems related to aviation systems or research and development projects.
Journeyman Level: Must be able to present plans and methodology at technical interchange meetings and project briefings.
Journeyman Level: Minimum of two years of experience with computer aided design (CAD) software systems (i.e. Parametric Technology Pro-Engineer/CREO, AutoCAD), experience reading and interpreting schematics, harness drawings, and wiring diagrams.
Senior Level: Minimum of eight years of experience with the development, operation, and use of data collection techniques and systems.
Senior Level: Minimum of eight years of experience with data collection or instrumentation systems related to aviation systems or research and development projects.
Senior Level: Must be able to present plans and methodology at technical interchange meetings and project briefings.
Senior Level: Minimum of eight years of experience with computer aided design (CAD) software systems (i.e. Parametric Technology Pro-Engineer/CREO, AutoCAD), experience reading and interpreting schematics, harness drawings, and wiring diagrams.
Senior Level (Alternative): Minimum of six years of experience with the development, operation, and use of data collection techniques and systems.
Senior Level (Alternative): Minimum of six years of experience with data collection or instrumentation systems related to aviation systems or research and development projects.
Senior Level (Alternative): Must be able to present plans and methodology at technical interchange meetings and project briefings.
Senior Level (Alternative): Minimum of six years of experience with computer aided design (CAD) software systems (i.e. Parametric Technology Pro-Engineer/CREO, AutoCAD), experience reading and interpreting schematics, harness drawings, and wiring diagrams.

Nice To Haves

Assisting more senior engineers and/or performing functional duties under the oversight of more senior positions (Junior Level).

Responsibilities

Configuring special purpose ground and flight test equipment used for data acquisition, display, reduction, analysis, and archiving conducted locally or at remote test sites as needed, to include potential in-flight instrumentation support.
Implementing data acquisition and monitoring controls for Pulse-Code Modulation, Aircraft Data Bus, Ethernet and IRIG-106 standard hardware as well as other commercially available and developmental data streams.
Participating in flight testing with instrumentation pre-flight checks, system launch and recovery, in-flight support, and post flight reporting.
Observe all manner of tests conducted by TDD-SID to obtain familiarity and proficiency in the utilization of information technology specific to the TDD-SID mission.
Reviewing existing custom-developed software routines coded in commercially available programming languages (Matrix Laboratory (MATLAB), Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Engineering Workbench (LabView), C#, C++, and Visual Basic) for previous and on-going test efforts that facilitate control-of-test equipment, data acquisition and telemetry, real-time data monitoring (ground/flight displays), and post-flight data de-commutation, reduction (report generation), analysis, and archiving.
Investigating any software errors that arise in existing custom-developed software routines and, if possible, resolve (debug) the issue in the routines’ native format.
If resolution is in the routine’s native format are not practicable, the Contractor shall develop routines which provide comparable functionality developed in a programming language agreed upon by the Contractor and the Government.
The Contractor shall test evolved and newly developed routines to validate that desired functionality is obtained.
Operating electronics test and verification equipment such as but not limited to: digital multi meter, power meter, oscilloscope, and spectrum analyzer.
Transporting, packing, and setup of test equipment and other materials locally and on offsite test facilities.
Supporting flight duties may be required based upon Mission needs.
Must be able to qualify for participation in night flights and the use of Night Vision Goggles (NVGs).