Test Engineer - Labview (JR072125A-12)

Job Description

Job Description

Salary:

Test Engineer - Labview

Are you seeking employment with a fast-growing small business who appreciates their employees? A company who believes in investing in people?

JBS Solutions, Inc. is an engineering and technical logistics company in Huntsville, AL. As a company dedicated to serving the community, JBS offers the unique opportunity to enrich an underutilized area of Huntsville while growing your career through NASA and DoD contracts. From systems engineering and configuration management to technical logistics and mission operations, JBS works to solve our customers' hardest problems. With a competitive benefits package and personable work environment, JBS Solutions is the ideal company to take your career to the next level.

JBS is excited to announce a new position. We are seeking a Test Engineer to join our team on the Engineering Services and Science Capability Augmentation (ESSCA) contract whose work is destined to have a long-range effect on future generations!

JBS Solutions offers a partnership in which you can grow personally and professionally within a framework of strong leadership, competitive compensation, and rewarding career paths. Come join our team and be a part of an exciting and rewarding organization!

Job Description

Job responsibilities to include working as part of a team of engineers, chemists, and technicians providing support to NASA while maintaining a strong consciousness about safety. This position will directly support the International Space Station (ISS) as well as all future exploration missions relating to Environmental Control and Life Support Systems (ECLSS). The work encompasses duties and responsibilities for maintaining life support systems aboard the ISS, discovering methodologies for making existing ISS ECLSS more efficient, and for troubleshooting and correcting anomalous phenomena aboard the ISS.

The successful candidate will:

• Support writing test protocols, conduction of tests, test stand build-ups, and interpretation and reporting of test results.
• Work with project level and flight system engineers as they define their operational requirements, system performance, configuration, component selection, safety, and quality before and during the testing phases.
• Support test stand wiring and LabVIEW software design, development, electrical and programmatic troubleshooting, and documentation.
• Develop automated test software using LabVIEW.
• Write LabVIEW code to manipulate and analyze acquired data, including signal processing, filtering, statistical calculations, and serial communication.
• Provide hands on support for wiring needs within the Environmental Control and Life Support Systems group
• Collaborate with engineers and scientists to define electrical and software requirements and improve system functionality.
• Integrate LabVIEW software with various hardware systems and components, including data acquisition (DAQ) devices, sensors, actuators, and other control systems.
• Troubleshoot hardware/software integration issues.
• Document comprehensive software development processes including system architecture, code comments, user manuals, and test procedures.

Qualifications:

Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or related field is required. Degree from an ABET accredited university is preferred. Typically, educational requirements are the equivalent of a Ph.D. with a minimum 4 years of experience; Masters with at least 8 years of experience, or a BS with at least 10 years of experience.

Candidate is required to have:

• Extensive knowledge of wiring and electronics.

• Experience with the build-up and disassembly of test stands.

• Must have at least 5 years of experience programming systems in LABVIEW.

• Must have at least 2 years of knowledge of thermal\fluid components, systems, and associated instrumentation.

• Proficiency in reading and interpreting electronic schematics and a solid understanding of circuit functions

• Ability to assemble, debug, and troubleshoot new electronic designs.

• Knowledge of Mechanical design for modeling of specialized test articles, test stands, and test support equipment with respect to fluid and thermal components.

Preferred Skills:

• CLD or CLA Certification in LABVIEW Programming.

• At least 2 years of experience with the RS232 and RS485 serial protocols

• A working knowledge of Aerospace flight system component testing and test stands.

• A passion for writing self-documenting code designed to meet the requirements and be easily maintained.

Selected candidate must be a US citizen. Proof of U.S. Citizenship is required. JBS participates in E-Verify.

JBS Solutions is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, military/veteran status or other categories protected by law.

This position is located in Huntsville, AL (ranked #11 in Best Places to Live by U.S. News).

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