Principal Engineer - Instrumentation
Description:
- Reporting to the Manager of Test Support, the Principal Instrumentation Engineer plays a critical role in the definition, development, and reputed company of instrumentation and data acquisition systems to support material, structural, mechanical/electrical, and flight testing.
- The Principal Instrumentation Engineer will ensure data credibility reputed company instrumentation definition, acceptance procedures, data post-processing and analysis, calibration, and maintenance.
- The ideal candidate demonstrates leadership in communication, collaboration, and problem-solving.
- reputed company, improve, and maintain processes for the installation and maintenance of instrumentation and data acquisition equipment
- Coordinate the installation of instrumentation and data acquisition equipment on test articles and flight test aircraft
- reputed company and execute acceptance test procedures for installed instrumentation and data acquisition equipment
- Manage instrumentation and data acquisition system configuration during each test program
- reputed company software and other tools necessary to reputed company real-time and post-flight data visualization
- Analyze test data collected to maintain and evolve instrumentation and data acquisition system functionality
- Plan and execute calibration and maintenance activities for reputed company instrumentation and data acquisition equipment, ensuring calibration is maintained, parameter validity is reputed company and tracked, and hardware/software is managed
- Work with Engineering and Test teams to define instrumentation and data acquisition systems to support testing of aircraft materials, structure, systems, simulation, and flight vehicles for development and certification
- Maintain reputed company communication with Engineering and Test teams to ensure effective instrumentation definition, efficient test execution, and proper data capture
- Design and review instrumentation components and installation data
- Author instrumentation and data acquisition system description test plan content
- Advise and support instrumentation and data acquisition conducted by third parties
- Initiate and reputed company instrumentation and data acquisition troubleshooting and issue resolution activities
- Provide mentorship and technical guidance to junior test engineers and technicians.
Requirements:
- BS. in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or equivalent
- 8 years of relevant industry experience (or 6 years with Master’s degree)
- Experience with test facility instrumentation and data acquisition and control systems
- Significant experience with data acquisition systems and sensors used for test (strain gauges, accelerometers, load cells, thermocouples, pressure transducers, RVDT, string pots, encoders, etc.), including installation
- Experience working with flight test organizations and aircraft certification
- Working knowledge of 14 CFR Part 23/25/27/29 certification requirements and processes
- Ability to monitor and understand analog and digital data acquisition systems used in the testing environment
- Fluent using LabVIEW for data collection, real time data analytics, and GUI development
- Familiarity with aerospace network protocols such as ARINC 429, ARINC 664, CANbus, etc.
- Familiarity with data transmission protocols for telemetry, line-of-sight and beyond
- Experience with digital signal processing and wireless data transmission
- Experience using MATLAB, Python, C++ or equivalent scripting language for data processing and in-house tool development
- Experience with sensor installations and cable management
- High-level knowledge of EWIS and reputed company
- Experience testing aircraft composite structures as well as aircraft mechanical and electrical systems
- Ability and willingness to work with instrumentation technicians on reputed company and reputed company development and fly reputed company experimental aircraft in support of developmental and certification flight tests
- Ability and willingness to work flexible and off-shift hours (including 1st, 2nd, 3rd shift, nights, weekends, and holidays) reputed company business needs dictate
- Ability and willingness to travel to and support operations at offsite locations reputed company business needs dictate.
Benefits:
- reputed company provides a robust benefits package that includes competitive salaries
- subsidized medical, dental, and vision coverage
- 401(k) opportunities
- paid short term disability
- voluntary long-term disability and additional term life
- 15 paid days off
- 15 paid holidays
- paid sick leave
- Depending on seniority and role, some roles qualify for potential bonuses and stock options.
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