Senior Engineering Technician

Title:

Senior Engineering Technician

KBR’s Government Solutions - US, Defense Systems Engineering Business Unit is seeking a Senior Engineering Technician with 5+ years of experience to join our team and work in our Development and Integration Laboratory in Lexington Park, MD.  Specifically, we are looking for qualified candidates to support our team in designing, developing, modifying, and improving products and processes. This will include new designs and reverse engineering obsolete designs to prototype, fabricate, assemble, test, document, and deliver to a wide variety of customers.  The ideal candidate will have electronics and mechanical engineering technician skills and a high level of experience working on military avionics, communications or electronics equipment, and associated quality management systems.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• The candidate will work with limited supervision and review of work, with occasional tasking to provide integration support at customer laboratories and spaces. They must provide creativity and sound judgment to supervisors to plan, estimate, and accomplish work, resolve design and operational problems, and meet requirements while completed work is reviewed for technical adequacy and meeting requirements. This will require the capability to read, redline, and edit wiring diagrams, circuit schematics, mechanical drawings, parts lists, and engineering instructions for assembling and testing equipment.
• The candidate will assist projects in various stages of design, material research and control, fabrication and prototyping, assembly and testing, and documentation and training to deliver models, prototypes, and end-items of devices, equipment, or systems to our customers. This will require the capability to fabricate parts and assemblies in plastic, composite, and metal, solder microelectronics circuitry on Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs), wire electronic enclosures and racks, and build military cable harnesses.  The candidate will plan, conduct, record, and evaluate equipment test data, as well as draft reports of findings. This may require the candidate to troubleshoot and correct malfunctions using test equipment and redesign as necessary. Planning, performing, and tracking tools, lab and measurement equipment operation and maintenance actions, repair, and calibration will also be required.
• The candidate will mentor and be assisted by lower-level technicians, while following and updating established Safety and Quality Management System procedures.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

Citizenship & Clearance: Must be a US Citizen with a DOD Secret clearance or eligibility to obtain a clearance within 12 months.

Education: Associate Degree and a minimum of 5 years of related experience with soldering assembly of microelectronics and military wire harness and cable assembly; or requires an equivalent combination of 9 years of experience and related training in electronics or related advanced engineering technician courses.

Experience: Must have at least 5 years of experience working as an Engineering Technician directly supporting military avionics or electronics design, modifications, repair, or related projects.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience with soldering assembly of complex surface mount microelectronics onto Printed Circuit Board (PCB), ideally with IPC J-STD-001 certification.
• Experience with assembly of military complex aircraft wire harnesses and cales using standard crimp tools and soldering practices iaw NAVAIR 01-1A-505-1 (SAE AS50881) Aerospace Vehicle Wiring, ideally with IPC/WHMA-A-620 certification.
• Experience with 3D CAD modeling engineering design software (SolidWorks, AutoCAD, Creo, MATLAB, etc.) to develop complex virtual concept designs.
• Experience with subtractive manufacturing (CNC, Mills, Lasers, etc.) and additive manufacturing 3D printers (PolyJet, SLS, FDM, etc.), or plastic injection molding.
• Experience leading a small team of Engineering Technicians performing tasks on multiple concurrent projects.
• Experience assembling and documenting complex electronic avionics and weapon systems (i.e. MIL-STD-1553 and ARINC-429 databus, RF sensors, RF communications, etc.), and perform testing to verify the design meets military systems requirements.
• Experience with repairing, maintaining and operating complex military aircraft avionics, weapons systems and/or ground systems, inclusive of avionics racks and enclosures,