Enterprise Dynamic Data System Engineer

An exciting career opportunity exists for a Mid-level ID&C engineer with primary responsibility for developing, custom configuring, upgrading and maintaining:

• Sensors and data acquisition systems for measuring various aspects of aerospace systems’ performance while undergoing ground testing at simulated flight conditions. Typical measurements include force, strain, pressure, temperature, vibration, acceleration, acoustics, etc.
• Facility and process control systems to measure and sustain test conditions
• Signal processing techniques of high bandwidth data sets

ID&C Engineers employ the concepts of electronics; sensor selection and calibration; signal conditioning; analog-to-digital conversion; analog and digital signal processing; and data acquisition, storage and processing to design, implement, operate and/or maintain systems that acquire highly complex and accurate measurements required to characterize test article performance while undergoing ground test and evaluation. ID&C engineers also apply equations of motion and process control theory to custom configure and implement facility and process control systems required to control test conditions and processes

ID&C Engineers at AEDC are critical to the execution of the test mission.  Specifically, duties for this Mid-level position include:

• Perform work, generally within Instrumentation, Data, and Control System Engineering, which involves the preparation, interpretation or review of calculations, specifications, plans, investigations, surveys, structures, systems or equipment with relatively few complex features
• Participate in one or more of the following:
  • Interface with DoD Client and external test customer to receive and document test peculiar ID&C System requirements
  • Design, custom configuration, application and support of sensors and data acquisition and processing systems in preparation for and during active aerospace ground test operations.
  • Design, custom configuration, application and support of control systems in preparation for and during active aerospace ground test operations
  • Ensure system and sensor calibrations are adequate to meet test customer requirements
  • System troubleshooting and return-to-service
  • Preparation of specifications and design calculations
  • System design, including concept sketches and layouts
  • Preparing designs, drawings and data under the supervision of a more experienced engineer
  • Preparation of engineering studies and reports
  • Preparation of material quantity estimates
  • Uses computer aided design/computer aided engineering (CAD/CAE) tools
  • System Verification and Validation during Test Development/Execution
  • Evaluate, select, and apply standard engineering methods, techniques, procedures and criteria, under the mentorship of senior engineering staff
  • Perform assignments, which have clear and specific objectives and require the investigation of a limited number of variables for Control System Engineering; supports the use of common work processes and procedures within assigned function across the TOS contract.
  • Draft letters for replies to vendor correspondence
  • Monitor and meet applicable work schedules
  • Reviewing design documents of equipment manufacturers or subcontractors of a low to moderate degree of complexity and prepare comments and recommendations
• It is a condition of employment to wear company issued PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) in accordance with supervisory direction and company policy
• Perform other related duties as required

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or mechatronics engineering from an accredited college or university (ABET accreditation preferred) plus two years of engineering experience.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain an active security clearance and maintain authorized user access to the AEDC local area network.
• U.S. Citizenship is required due to federal government contract compliance requirements and the necessity to access secure federal databases and networks on Arnold Air Force Base.

• Basic technical knowledge of engineering systems, engineering calculations, applications of engineering methods and construction methods and materials, and application of computer aided engineering (CAE)/computer aided design (CAD) tools to engineering problems.
• Developmental experience with transducers, sensors, electrical circuits, signal processing, and data acquisition systems used to measure temperature, pressure, force, flow, acceleration, vibration, and other physical phenomena common to aerospace systems testing.
  • Coursework or experience in the design or application of sensors used to convert physical phenomenon into electrical signals
  • Coursework or experience in signal processing and analysis methodologies
  • Coursework or experience in analog and digital filtering methodologies
  • Coursework or experience in application of Analog-to-Digital and Digital-to-Analog conversion methodologies
  • Coursework or experience in the integration of sensors, signal conditioning, filtering, A/D conversion, etc. in the measurement of physical phenomenon
  • Coursework or experience in the development and/or application of Instrumentation and Data Acquisition software
  • Coursework or experience in the analysis of measurement uncertainty
  • Coursework or experience in the calibration of instrumentation
• Developmental experience in the control system theory and design concepts such as Controls Strategy and Algorithm Development, Math Modeling/Simulations, Calibration, Motion Controls, Process Controls, Process Instrumentation, Sequencing Systems, Robotics, Stability & Control, Servomechanisms, Systems Safety, Networks & Field Busses, Control System Optimization, Learning and Rule-based Systems
  • Coursework or experience in the design or application of closed loop control systems
  • Coursework of experience in feedback control systems
  • Coursework or experience in the design of application of control systems using Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)
  • Coursework or experience with proportional, integral, derivative (PID) control systems
  • Coursework or experience developing control applications and Human Machine Interface (HMI) software
• Active DoD Security Clearance

U.S. Citizenship is required. At this time BNH will not sponsor any applicants for employment authorization or offer any immigration related support for this position (i.e. H1b, F1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, F-1 CPT, J-1, E-2, E-3, L-1, or other forms of work authorization that require immigration support from an employer). 

The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations and refers to the amount BNH is willing to pay at the time of this posting. Salaries for part-time jobs will be adjusted based upon the number of hours agreed to work.

L07: $86,000 - $114,500; L08: $99,000 - $132,000 / year at Arnold Air Force Base, TN. 

BNH is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, veteran status, and any other grounds for discrimination prohibited by applicable law.

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