Launch Technician, EGSE

• Job Type:
  Direct Placement
• Duration:
  Direct Placement

Description

Job Title:Launch Technician, EGSE

Employment Type: Direct Hire

Compensation:$35.00 - $44.00 /Hour

Schedule: 40 hrs/Week.

• Client Launch Technician EGSE Technicians (Instrumentation and Control) within the launch group are responsible for the installation, maintenance, modification and calibration of launch site instrumentation and control systems.
• You will work as part of a small team requiring minimal supervision, so a self-starter is a must.

• Supportive, team-driven culture that values collaboration, transparency, and accountability.
• Opportunity to grow your career with a global workforce solutions leader serving multiple industries.
• People-first environment that encourages employees to bring their authentic selves to work.
• Strong focus on partnership, innovation, and delivering meaningful results for clients and candidates.

This role offers the opportunity to join a company that prioritizes both people and performance-where your contributions directly impact client success while providing you with room to grow and develop professionally.

Acara is a premier recruiting and workforce solutions provider- we help companies compete for talent. With experience across industries worldwide, we partner with clients, listen to their needs, and design talent solutions that deliver the business outcomes they want. We draw on decades of experience to provide contingent staffing, direct placement, executive search, and workforce services worldwide.

• Performs work according to policy, procedures and specifications.
• Constructs launch SCADA systems from specific instrumentation and communication devices.
• Installs, calibrates, troubleshoots, maintains, and repairs major electronic systems and peripheral devices per manufacturer's specification.
• Reads complex schematics, wiring diagrams and shop drawings for the purpose of installation, troubleshooting and repairing of components.
• Troubleshoots, installs, and calibrates various instruments, including ultrasonic level transmitters, flow meters, pressure transducers, thermocouples, resistance temperature devices, differential pressure transducers, strain gauges, accelerometers and microphones.
• Utilizes a wide range of test equipment, including recorders, computers, PC based software analyzer programs, oscilloscopes, data analyzers, analog and digital multi-meters, and other test equipment, while performing tests to identify problems and to maintain and calibrate equipment to performance standards.
• Connects, disconnects, and tags out equipment and circuits for test or repair and safety of personnel and equipment.
• Pulls and terminates cables using various wire stripping, crimping tools and connector types.
• Performs installations in compliance with OSHA, NEC and IEEE.
• Performs soldering on electronic components.
• Performs basic mechanical repairs as required.
• Maintains and repairs complete systems and repair/replace subcomponents as required.
• Performs launch site checkouts for test and launch operations and supports launch day red team.

What You’ll Bring:

• High School Diploma or GED
• 1+ year of experience in aerospace or industrial process, instrumentation and controls

• Associate Degree in Instrumentation or Control Technology or Electrical systems
• Ability to correctly interpret complex detailed electrical, electronic drawings and prints.
• Skilled in the use of personal computers and numerous software applications such as Excel, Word, MS Outlook, PowerPoint, Access, etc.
• AIAA or DoD Electronic Principles certifications
• 5+ years of aerospace or industrial process, instrumentation and controls experience
• Prior experience with Fiber Optics, supervisory control and data acquisition systems, and licensed and unlicensed radio systems.
• Working knowledge of multiple bus architectures (PCI/PCIe, PXI/PXIe, GPIB, Serial, USB) and data communication technologies.
• Prior experience updating schematics, wiring diagrams and shop drawings.
• Electrical experience in the following VFD/Motor starter remote…