Test Instrumentation Engineer - Part -Time

Amentum

About The Position

The Amentum Space Exploration Division (ASED) offers a partnership, in which you can grow personally and professionally in an environment of strong leadership support, competitive compensations, work/home life balance, and an emphasis on safety. Join ASED on the Engineering Services and Science Capability Augmentation (ESSCA) contract and be part of a team that is making history. The Test Instrumentation Engineer will: Perform setup and operation of data acquisition systems. Duties include coordinating transducer installation, writing technical procedures to be performed by instrumentation technicians, calibrating signal conditioning hardware, generating noise and tolerance reports, and operation of the data acquisition system during structural testing. Experience with data acquisition techniques including extensive knowledge of common sensor types including strain gauges (pressure), thermocouples (temperature), load cells (force), and LVDTs (displacement). Job Duties will include: Coordination with NASA project level customers across organizations to ensure mission success. Work with a diverse team of civil servants and contractors to design, develop, setup, and perform structural testing on space flight qualification hardware, and other mission critical hardware. Participate in a Beyond Zero Safety Culture, attend safety meetings, task meetings, design reviews, and test readiness reviews as requested to support ESSCA and customer requirements. Develop and deliver reports and presentations as requested to support ESSCA and customer requirements via Power Point and other various software packages. Perform safety and certification training to support ESSCA and customer requirements. BS degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Aerospace, or Computer Engineering from an ABET accredited institution, with 25+ years of experience in data acquisition. The ideal candidate will be an Engineer with a strong sampling of the following skills and a desire to learn in depth: Experience with data acquisition techniques including extensive knowledge of common sensor types including strain gauges (pressure), thermocouples (temperature), load cells (force), and LVDTs (displacement). Demonstrated ability to quickly learn new software applications. Basic instrumentation application - utilizing strain gauges, thermocouples, and displacement devices. Familiarity with Machine Vision Image Processing/Correlation concepts and methods. Experience with National instruments LabVIEW development software and or MATLAB for instrumentation acquisition and control. Code generation in Windows or Linux operating systems. Software quality control using QT or GTest libraries. Raspberry Pi/Arduino, Python or C#/C++. National Instruments Hardware. Desire to conduct detailed hands-on work in a Lab testing environment on sub scale models to full scale structures in some of NASA’s largest indoor and outdoor test facilities. Operation or development of Control Systems including feedback control loops. Familiarity with OSHA standards. Excellent verbal and writing skills.

Requirements

Experience with data acquisition techniques including extensive knowledge of common sensor types including strain gauges (pressure), thermocouples (temperature), load cells (force), and LVDTs (displacement).
BS degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Aerospace, or Computer Engineering from an ABET accredited institution
25+ years of experience in data acquisition.
Excellent verbal and writing skills.

Nice To Haves

Demonstrated ability to quickly learn new software applications.
Basic instrumentation application - utilizing strain gauges, thermocouples, and displacement devices.
Familiarity with Machine Vision Image Processing/Correlation concepts and methods.
Experience with National instruments LabVIEW development software and or MATLAB for instrumentation acquisition and control.
Code generation in Windows or Linux operating systems.
Software quality control using QT or GTest libraries.
Raspberry Pi/Arduino, Python or C#/C++.
National Instruments Hardware.
Desire to conduct detailed hands-on work in a Lab testing environment on sub scale models to full scale structures in some of NASA’s largest indoor and outdoor test facilities.
Operation or development of Control Systems including feedback control loops.
Familiarity with OSHA standards.

Responsibilities

Perform setup and operation of data acquisition systems.
Coordinating transducer installation
Writing technical procedures to be performed by instrumentation technicians
Calibrating signal conditioning hardware
Generating noise and tolerance reports
Operation of the data acquisition system during structural testing
Coordination with NASA project level customers across organizations to ensure mission success.
Work with a diverse team of civil servants and contractors to design, develop, setup, and perform structural testing on space flight qualification hardware, and other mission critical hardware.
Participate in a Beyond Zero Safety Culture, attend safety meetings, task meetings, design reviews, and test readiness reviews as requested to support ESSCA and customer requirements.
Develop and deliver reports and presentations as requested to support ESSCA and customer requirements via Power Point and other various software packages.
Perform safety and certification training to support ESSCA and customer requirements.