SCA Engineering Tech V

ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (F3900 2024-21927):

Bowhead seeks a Senior Engineering Technician to join our team in supporting the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane Division. The Engineering Technician will perform assignments that are not completely standardized or prescribed and will select or adapt standard procedures or equipment, using fully applicable precedents, receives initial instructions, equipment requirements, and advice from S upervisor or engineer as needed, performs recurring work independently.

Responsibilities

Essential functions will include:

This position requires up to 50% travel.

• Construct components, sub-units, or simple models or adapts standard equipment, may troubleshoot and correct malfunctions.
• Follow specific layout and scientific diagrams to construct and package simple devices and sub-units of equipment.
• Conduct various tests or experiments which may require minor modifications in test setups or procedures as well as subjective judgments in measurement, selecting, preparing, and operating standard test equipment and records test data.
• Extract and compile a variety of engineering data from field notes, manuals, lab reports, etc., processing data, identifying errors or inconsistencies, selecting methods of data presentation.
• Assist in design modification by compiling data related to design, specifications, and materials that are pertinent to specific items of equipment or component parts
• Develop information concerning previous operational failures and modifications, and using judgment and initiative to recognize inconsistencies or gaps in data and seek sources to clarify information.
• Other duties as assigned
  
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electronics with a minimum of five (5) to seven (7) years of relevant experience.
• Intermediate to advanced level skills in Microsoft Office software suite - Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint
• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of employees and outside contacts
• Strong interpersonal skills and good judgment with the ability to work alone or as part of a team
  
  
  

Physical Demands:

• Must be able to lift up to 25 pounds
• Must be able to stand and walk for prolonged amounts of time
• Must be able to twist, bend and squat periodically
  
  
  

SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS: Must be able to obtain a security clearance at the secret level. Applicants who currently hold a secret clearance are encourage to apply. US Citizenship is a requirement for Secret clearance at this location.