Position​/PostingTitle Instrumentation and Data Acquisition Engineer

Job Title:
Instrumentation and Data Acquisition Engineer

Location:
Arnold AFB,
TN

Job Family Code: X - Aviation Services

Function/Branch:
Engineering/&C Branch

Directorate:
Engineering & Tech Support

Position Type:
Regular, Full-Time

Pay Type:
Exempt

Grade:
L06 (XA0605) - L07 (XA0705)

Salary Range:
L06: $
71,000 - $92,000; L07: $76,000 - $108,000 / year

Overview:

Beyond New Horizons, LLC (BNH) has an exciting opportunity for an Instrumentation and Data Acquisition Engineer supporting TOS II, at Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) at Arnold AFB, TN. The &C Engineer will work as a member of an integrated team responsible for operating and maintaining the United States Air Force Test Operations efforts at AEDC.

This position requires occasional scheduled extended hours and/or weekend work to meet critical contractual requirements and occasional unscheduled night or weekend support in emergency situations.

Job Summary:

The individual hired for this position will function as an Instrumentation and Data Acquisition Engineer supporting test operations, system/maintenance engineering, and design engineering for systems used across the Propulsion Wind Tunnel (PWT) and von Kármán Gas Dynamics (VKF) facilities, ensuring reliable data acquisition spanning transonic, supersonic, and hypersonic (up to Mach 10) regimes. Your work will directly enable the successful evaluation of large-scale aircraft, space launch vehicles, and high-speed missiles utilizing cutting-edge diagnostic technologies such as Captive Trajectory Support (CTS) and Pressure Sensitive Paint (PSP).

Core responsibilities of this role include providing engineering support for any combination of the listed types of systems:

• Instrumentation and data acquisition systems used to make complex and highly accurate physical measurements of parameters associated with the article under test and/or the test facility
• Motion control systems for precision positioning of the test article in the test environment
• Facility and process control systems to control the test article and supplementary systems
• Plant process control systems to measure and ensure delivery of specified test conditions by implementing closed loop control of complex systems of motors, valves, compressors, hydraulics, pneumatics, etc.

Instrumentation and Data Acquisition Engineer will apply theoretical concepts and equations of electronics, signal processing, motion, control theory, and various software and computer skills in fulfilling the listed job duties.

This Instrumentation and Data Acquisition Engineer position will be deployed to the Flight Systems Test Facilities; however, &C Engineers may be reassigned to other areas based on workload demands and mission needs. &C engineers may also support multiple test areas/facilities as required.

Job Duties:

Instrumentation and Data Acquisition Engineer at AEDC are critical of the execution of the test mission. Specifically, duties for this entry