Engineering Technician V

Engineering Technician V

** This position is contingent upon contract award**

The engineering technician V will work directly with government personnel in meeting the engineering needs of the project.

Essential duties and responsibilities:

• Responsible for data acquisition and analysis in support of weapons systems and munitions testing.

• Contacts personnel in related activities to resolve problems and coordinate the work.

• Reviews, analyzes, and integrates the technical work of others.

• Completed work is reviewed for technical adequacy and satisfaction of requirements.

• Utilizes project leadership and organizational skills.

• Handles projects and resolves associated issues, promotes accountability, and meets strict deadlines.

• Ensures comprehensive data-driven recommendations for process enhancements, thus maximizing results and supporting strategic decision-making.

• Trains and may be assisted by lower-level technicians.

• Designs, develops, and constructs major units, devices, or equipment.

• Conducts tests or experiments.

• Analyzes results and redesigns or modifies instrumentation to improve performance and reports results.

• Develops designs for instrumentation without critical performance requirements from general guidelines and specifications (e.g., size or weight requirements).

• Uses untried and untested measurement techniques to assess the ability to improve/upgrade instrumentation capabilities.

• Analyzes technical data to determine applicability to design problems.

• Prepares layouts, detailed specifications, parts lists, estimates, procedures, etc.

• Plans or assists in planning tests to evaluate weapons systems and munitions performance.

• Conducts tests using all types of instrumentation.

• Analyzes and evaluates test results, and prepares reports on findings and recommendations.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Experience, education, and licensure:

• Associate's degree, or equivalent training/experience with a high school diploma or equivalent is required.

• Certifications related to specific areas of T&E equipment and technology (e.g., certified test technician) is desired.

• Nine (9) years of proven experience in performing non-routine and complex assignments, involving responsibility for planning and conducting complete projects of limited scope or segments within larger projects, particularly focused on T&E.

• Extensive technical design and development expertise, specifically related to T&E equipment and setups.

• Advanced knowledge of test equipment and procedures, with hands-on ability in conducting and overseeing diverse testing methods to ensure best practices in the T&E processes.

• Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving abilities, applied particularly to resolve challenges in T&E processes and equipment, providing innovative, reliable solutions.

• Demonstrated project management and leadership skills, demonstrating the ability to manage complete projects and segments effectively.

• Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate effectively and train lower-level technicians, ensuring technical standards are upheld throughout the teams.

• Ability to work collaboratively with other engineers, providing insights and support to achieve optimized testing outcomes, encouraging cooperative efforts in line with best practices.

• Technical acumen in instrumentation and methodologies related to T&E.

• Demonstrated strong skills in using untried and untested measurement techniques.

• Any military operations experience preferred.

• Experience in designing and overseeing sophisticated test equipment, such as advanced data logging systems or automation-integrated T&E setups preferred.

• Involvement in testing and troubleshooting military-grade systems preferred.

Reasonable accommodations:

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the following essential functions.

Supervisory responsibilities:

None

Work environment:

Work is typically performed in a controlled office environment. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Physical requirements:

May require lifting up to 25 pounds.

Work authorization/security clearance:

DoD secret or higher security clearance, or the ability to obtain and maintain a secret clearance. U.S. citizenship is required.

Additional qualifying factors:

As a condition of employment, must pass a pre-employment drug screening, as well as have acceptable reference and background check results.

Salary:

$46.96/hr