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California

Electrical AI&T Test Engineer performing electrical integration and test. Working autonomously and participating in all aspects of unit and system level assembly, integration, and test of spacecraft, including assembly, integration, test, and launch of satellites. Responsible for helping improve efficiency of current assembly and test processes, helping stand up production lines for existing and new programs, and ensuring continuous process improvement. Proactively solve problems and collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams, the customer, management, and other AerospacelLab functional units.This is a multi-function role to:• Perform I&T on satellites in the factory.• Assist with standing up the first Aerospacelab satellite production facility in the Los Angeles area.Responsibilities:• Provide input to the facility design team.• Mechanical and electrical assembly, integration and testing of the company prototypes and products.• Environmental testing of the company prototypes and products (vibration, thermal vacuum, thermal cycle).• Electrical ground support equipment design and manufacturing for testing of company products.• Create and monitor planning, schedule, and budget• Hands on approach with the factory build-out and subsequent satellite builds• Drive improvements to increase production throughput, reduce space vehicle build hours and quality issues, and remove waste from complex processes• Anticipate and identify challenges within production, determine root causes, and develop appropriate solutions• Develop, standardize, and continuously improve key process indicators and other production metrics.

Dulles, Virginia, United States

Contribute to the development of acceptance test plans, test schedules, and test procedures and provide support for integration testing.Support and host test planning working groups.Interface with design and analysis functions to develop test and test data requirements.Coordinate test equipment and personnel requirements for safe and efficient execution of tests.Provide test execution support and make real-time decisions regarding safety, efficiency, and effectiveness.Participate in post-test data evaluation and discrepancy resolution.Serve as the subject matter focal point to interface with internal and external organizations to develop test and test data requirements.

Dulles, Virginia, United States

Responsible for testing all customer samples. Ensure engineering tests serve mission objectives and mechanisms are in place to execute the tests. Assess anomalies and develop resolutions to documented procedures in conjunction with Test and Quality Engineering.Select and supervises technicians during testing and oversee the operational aspects of engineering tests and serves as liaison to program, engineering, and line management.Perform Pre-Task Crew Briefings, maintaining and submitting daily status logs, reviewing test requirements, manage schedules, and prepares reports.Reviews status of test requirements and manages schedules and prepares reports. Executes automated test sequences and scripts, troubleshooting issues with the payload and payload test equipment. Authoring/Reviewing Test Procedures, and Test Record Sheets.Maintaining COMSEC equipment.Maintaining, Inspecting, and Validating all program specific Test Sets and equipment.Tracking and maintaining all calibrated test equipment and maintenance logs.Coordinating calibration requests with metrology and quality assurance.Maintaining the hardware and test equipment database.Troubleshooting and repair of all program test sets and test equipment. Preparing Test Sets and equipment for transport and storage.

Amherst, New York, United States

Lead Product Support Field Engineer.Familiarity with Linux/Unix operating systems and programs.Subject matter expert on the Joint Threat Emitter (JTE) system. Providing Engineering support at the intermediate and operational level. Responsible for storing and handling Government Furnished Equipment (GFE).Field Team Lead, for CONUS and OCONUS, travel, and remote locations support of site integration and acceptance testing.Responsible for the delivery and installation of JTE Systems sold under Foreign Military Sales (FMS), including Saudi Arabia.Acting liaison between NG program management and Special Programs Office (SPO) and Air Combat Command (ACC). Perform Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT), Site Acceptance Testing (SAT), and Site Integration Testing (SIT) of post-production products.Work with representatives of the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) to perform inspections and signoffs of GFE entering and exiting NGC facilities.Travel to Customer Sites as an NGC representative to take part in planning meetings for future work and travel.Work with NG and Customer Program Managers to plan and implement strategies to ensure that programs are completed on time and to the customer’s satisfaction.Assist Program Management in assessing risks involved with remote site delivery of systems, including recommended maintenance schedules and assessing environmental factors.Familiarity with US Air Force Technical Orders and participate in Tech Order Review Boards (TORB). Responsible for understands government contract requirements and ensuring adherence to Contract Data Requirement Lists (CDRL) and Data Item Descriptions (DID).Responsible for drafting Operation Preventative Maintenance (OPM) and Test Inspection (TI) reports after initial delivery of JTE Systems.Perform Self-Audits of processes and provide written improvements existing processes and procedures, as well as, creating new processes and procedures.

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Responsible operational support of all Customs and Border Protection P-3 aircraft and maintaining mission capability of aircraft during detachments.Maintained aircraft camera systems including; MX-20 and STAR SAFIRE.Maintained multiple RADAR systems including; APS-145, TWR-850, APG-66, TWR-85, and SEAVUE.Maintained multiple airborne communication systems including; ARC-182 & 210 radios, Wulfsburg 5000 & 9000 systems, Cothen UHF radio, and SATCOM equipmentMaintained mission systems including, Mission Computer, Display Processors, Tactical Displays, VOR/DME, T2cas, IFF, GPS, and LTN-92 inertial unit.Performed multiple aircraft modifications and initial installation of various electronic systems using engineering drawings and schematics.Responsible for updating maintenance records using Computerized Aviation Reporting and Maintenance Control (CARMAC) and Electronic Maintenance Record Keeping System (EMARKS) software.Qualified USCBP P-3 Orion Collateral Duty Inspector (CDI) and APU OperatorPerformed routine flight line operations including; Aircraft taxi/towing, fueling/defueling, daily aircraft inspections, six-month corrosion inspections on avionic systems and equipment, and plane washes.Maintained strict adherence to OSHA guidelines and flight line safety procedures.Traveled with aircraft and crew on detachments to multiple locations outside of the continental United States.

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Responsible Depot level repair of electronic equipment pertaining to the USN F-18 Hornet.Responsible for maintaining and repairing Automated Test Equipment.Performed Automated Test Procedures, troubleshooting, and repair of multiple electronic systems, including; APG-65 RADAR, F/A-18 AN/AAS-38 FLIR laser power supply and temperature controller unit, Cockpit heads-up display system and power supply.Performed component level troubleshooting and repair, soldering including micro-min, PCB repair including eyelet and multilayered.Received Boeing certification in soldering, wire crimping/terminating, and harness build up.Helped the organization to better fulfill its mission and meet its objectives by participating in multiple employee involvement teams including; Solder Process, Maintenance Self Evaluation and Employee Satisfaction.Participated in the design, buildup, and testing of more efficient Automated Test Equipment saving the company hundreds of man hours a year.

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Responsible for performing test integration of new Consolidated Aviation Support System (CASS) test equipment for the APG-65 RADAR.Performed Operational checks on all test equipment and made repairs based on results.Performed Final Acceptance Testing with the customer witness.

United States

Aviation Warfare Systems Operator - Non-Acoustic (AWN)Aviation Warfare Systems Operator - Non-Acoustic (AWA) perform general flight crew duties; operate various USW and non-USW-related sensor systems to extract, analyze, and classify data obtained; perform specified pre-flight, in-flight, and post-flight operations in a multitude of naval aircraft serving anti-surface, USW, mine countermeasures, electronic, counternarcotics, and land and sea rescue warfare missions.