Position Purpose: Assists with the planning, coordination, performance of design, analysis and liaison engineering supporting the development and production of Client products and services
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
Essential Functions:
1. Contributes to planning, developing and coordinating of important engineering projects
. Provides specialized technical assistance to team members
3. Uses advanced techniques and modified extension of theories to provide technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems
4. Determines and develops own approach to solutions within schedule and cost objectives
5. Works under limited supervision; work should only be required to be reviewed for accuracy and consistency with meeting overall objectives
6. Acts as liaison with representatives outside of the assigned group/area
Additional Functions:
1. Actively works to improve daily processes and ensures all work meets customer requirements
2. Maintains a current knowledge of developments in the field of specialty and/or other related aircraft fields in order to recommend innovations to improve quality and effectiveness of company product
3. Performs other duties as assigned
Other Requirements:
1. Advanced degree in engineering related field preferred
2. The level of technical skill and abilities appropriate for this grade will be established by each discipline
Additional Experience Required: Position requires current knowledge of airborne data acquisition systems, transducer applications, calibration techniques, and aircraft systems. Experience with IADS and PCM encoders/signal conditioners, preferably TTC CDAU system, is highly desirable. Experience with Honeywell ASCB and ARINC-429 data bus interfaces is a plus. Unique Skills 1. Independently conceive, plan, develop, coordinate, and direct Instrumentation activities on a variety of complex Flight Test projects. Represent the department in meetings, flight briefings, and in the interface with customers and suppliers. Demonstrate creativity, foresight, and mature judgment in anticipating and solving complex engineering problems. Actively participate on project teams to support product development, reliability improvements, and production initiatives.
2. Apply extensive and diversified knowledge of engineering principles in the evaluation and selection of test equipment to satisfy measurement and environmental requirements. Perform circuit and wiring design, and provide guidance to engineers for the design of safe hardware installations. Supervise and maintain instrumentation equipment configuration control on test aircraft. Generate and maintain data configuration files in the measurement database. Provide aircraft test operational support by directing on-board calibrations, data system operation, and troubleshooting.
3. Provide technical guidance and training to engineers, technicians, and customers. Actively develop improvements in calibration procedures and standard practices to ensure quality and efficiency. Maintain a current knowledge of advances in data acquisition technology and recommend innovations to improve the quality, economy, and effectiveness of flight test instrumentation systems. Support the specification and development of new data systems.
Bachelors degree in engineering, a related curriculum, or equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. See Other Requirements in Job Description. 5 yrs in the specific technical discipline or 10 yrs broad engineering experience in several technical disciplines with Bachelors, or 3 yrs in the specific technical discipline with Masters, or 1 yr in the specific technical discipline with PhD.
12+ months — possible extension and possible FTE opportunity.
Requirements
What you'll need
1. Advanced degree in engineering related field preferred
2. The level of technical skill and abilities appropriate for this grade will be established by each discipline
Additional Experience Required: Position requires current knowledge of airborne data acquisition systems, transducer applications, calibration techniques, and aircraft systems. Experience with IADS and PCM encoders/signal conditioners, preferably TTC CDAU system, is highly desirable. Experience with Honeywell ASCB and ARINC-429 data bus interfaces is a plus. Unique Skills 1. Independently conceive, plan, develop, coordinate, and direct Instrumentation activities on a variety of complex Flight Test projects. Represent the department in meetings, flight briefings, and in the interface with customers and suppliers. Demonstrate creativity, foresight, and mature judgment in anticipating and solving complex engineering problems. Actively participate on project teams to support product development, reliability improvements, and production initiatives.
2. Apply extensive and diversified knowledge of engineering principles in the evaluation and selection of test equipment to satisfy measurement and environmental requirements. Perform circuit and wiring design, and provide guidance to engineers for the design of safe hardware installations. Supervise and maintain instrumentation equipment configuration control on test aircraft. Generate and maintain data configuration files in the measurement database. Provide aircraft test operational support by directing on-board calibrations, data system operation, and troubleshooting.
3. Provide technical guidance and training to engineers, technicians, and customers. Actively develop improvements in calibration procedures and standard practices to ensure quality and efficiency. Maintain a current knowledge of advances in data acquisition technology and recommend innovations to improve the quality, economy, and effectiveness of flight test instrumentation systems. Support the specification and development of new data systems.
Bachelors degree in engineering, a related curriculum, or equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. See Other Requirements in Job Description. 5 yrs in the specific technical discipline or 10 yrs broad engineering experience in several technical disciplines with Bachelors, or 3 yrs in the specific technical discipline with Masters, or 1 yr in the specific technical discipline with PhD.
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