Lead Test Instrumentation Engineer

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering with a minimum of ten (10) years of Test Engineering experience
Five (5) or more years of airborne data acquisition systems, e.g. Teletronics (TTC) experience
Three (3) or more years in various types of transducers, signal conditioning, and data encoders
Three (3) or more years of telemetry systems, e.g. Quasonix experience
Five (5) or more years of Telemetry Data Display implementation e.g. Curtis-Wright IADS
Five (5) or more years of flight test digital data recorders, e.g. ACRA, Safran (formerly Zodiac/Heim)
Three (3) or more years of data processing and storage methods and systems
Five (5) or more years in test methods and lab procedures
Five (5) or more years in Mil Standards, Digital Busses architecture (ARINC, 1553) knowledge
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Proactive delivery of communication and follow-up
Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
Must have the ability to independently prioritize and accomplish work within time constraints
Intermediate to Advance level proficiency with Excel VLOOKUP, pivot tables, MS Office Suite, MS Project

Lead the design of data acquisition, test instrumentation, and telemetry systems, including component and sensor selection
Design, procure, install, maintain, and upgrade test instrumentation and telemetry systems based on a set of given and derived requirements
Collaborate with project technical teams to gather and comprehend the project’s design requirements
Provide solutions for manufacturing, assembly, and installation of data acquisition and telemetry systems
Lead the creation and maintenance of test article instrumentation parameter lists for one or more projects
Identify and troubleshoot any issues with the instrumentation and telemetry components, then devise and implement a plan for repairing and maintaining them
Create, maintain, and report instrumentation squawk lists for problematic parameters that cannot be fixed between tests
Represent the T&E group in pre- and post-test briefings and provide updates on instrumentation and telemetry status
Manage relationships with key material and component vendors
Provide technical support to vendors and manufacturing teams
Lead the efforts to procure hardware to support group functions
Up to 25% of domestic and international travel
Other duties as assigned

Hands-on experience in the fabrication and implementation of data acquisition and telemetry systems preferred
Previous knowledge and experienced in relational databases with some programming skills, Python, LabVIEW, SQL, VB, C++, .NET preferred