Electrical Test Bed Engineer

Electrical Test Bed Engineer Position

The Electrical and Instrumentation Engineer serves as a technical leader in communicating business objectives, programs, and processes within an area or business segment.

This role requires utilizing expertise to solve problems, develop and execute objectives for self and others, and drive short-term and some long-term business goals.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• The flight test instrumentation group has three key disciplines: instrumentation application, data acquisition, and electrical engineering.
• The design engineer is responsible for designing systems like instrumentation ground pallets or test enabling hardware.
• The engineer needs to understand requirements from various sources, translate them into a concept and design, and ensure compliance with standards.
• The role involves broader electrical/instrumentation system design, not just wire harnesses.
• Knowledge of NX is beneficial but not essential, as other CAD tools like AutoCAD are used.
• Organize and lead teams to accomplish flight test missions.
• Recommend approach to meet the technical and program requirements.
• Formulate and implement plans to achieve technical requirements, schedules, and contract commitments.
• Develop action plans to anticipate and respond to problems.
• Provide technical guidance to other personnel and assigned teams; mentor others in the organization.
• Lead or participate in organizational efforts in assigned projects and/or tasks.
• Assure proper documentation of technical data generated for the assigned projects and/or tasks consistent with engineering policies and procedures.
• Monitor and communicate project status, business issues, and significant developments.
• Participate as a presenter or reviewer in technical and program reviews.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college (or a high school diploma / GED with at least 4 years of experience in the relevant field).
• Ability and willingness to work off-shift hours, including 2nd and 3rd shifts and weekends when program requirements dictate.
• Ability and willingness to travel off-site with Flying Test Bed when program requirements dictate.
• Ability and willingness to work at offsite locations for extended periods of time as business needs dictate.
• Able to obtain and maintain FAA Class-3 medical certificate or equivalent.
• Ability and willingness to participate in development flight tests on an experimental aircraft.
• Familiarity with Teamcenter and AutoCAD application.
• At least 3 additional years of experience in a relevant field.

Desired Characteristics:

• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Ability to influence others and lead small teams.
• Lead initiatives of moderate scope and impact.
• Ability to coordinate several projects simultaneously.
• Effective problem identification and solution skills.
• Proven analytical and organizational ability.
• Familiarity with flight test operation and airframe/propulsion system integration.
• Thorough knowledge of flight test and turbomachinery instrumentation (design, application, signal conditioning, data acquisition, and troubleshooting).
• Knowledge of alternating (single and three phase) and direct current theory.
• Ability to create and review electrical systems and instrumentation drawings.
• Ability to monitor and troubleshoot aircraft electrical, instrumentation/data acquisition, and power management systems on our Aviation's Flying Test Bed.
• Ability to monitor and understand various analog and digital data acquisition systems used in the testing environment.