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The Instrumentation Engineer provides advanced engineering expertise in support of Air Force test and evaluation missions by planning, designing, integrating, evaluating, and sustaining complex airborne and ground-based instrumentation systems. This position applies professional electronics engineering principles and advanced development test and evaluation methodologies to support weapon systems, subsystems, and associated support equipment, including fifth-generation aircraft platforms. The role serves as a technical authority and advisor, contributing to project execution, program planning, and the application of emerging technologies while ensuring system performance, data integrity, and mission success within a secure operational environment at Nellis Air Force Base.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Apply professional electronics engineering concepts, principles, practices, standards, methods, and techniques to instrumentation system development, execution, and sustainment.

• Plan, design, integrate, test, troubleshoot, evaluate, and oversee the development or sustainment of electronic systems and devices supporting integrated air vehicles, ground systems, and support equipment.

• Apply development test and evaluation methodologies, including experimental theories and new applications, to address technical challenges and provide engineering direction and advisory support.

• Provide expert technical judgment to resolve unique, complex, or novel engineering problems that may require deviation from standard practices or processes.

• Devise, evaluate, and validate criteria, parameters, characteristics, and interrelationships for instrumentation system design approaches.

• Assess the impact of emerging technologies on existing systems, processes, and operational capabilities.

• Support planning and program management activities, including familiarity with acquisition regulations, practices, and procedures, and coordination across multiple engineering disciplines.

• Prepare and review technical documentation, analyses, and engineering products with clarity, accuracy, and technical rigor.

• Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with government personnel, peers, management, contractors, academic institutions, and other agencies.

• Develop and author instrumentation recording instructions for fifth-generation aircraft instrumentation systems in support of test and Evaluation Squadron stakeholder requirements.

Requirements

Minimum Education, Experience, and Clearance Requirements

• Level I: Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical discipline and a minimum of two years of relevant experience.

• Level II: Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical discipline and a minimum of five years of relevant experience.

• Level III: Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical discipline and a minimum of ten years of relevant experience.

• Level IV: Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical discipline and a minimum of fourteen years of relevant experience.

• An active Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) clearance is required.

• Ability to obtain and maintain access to Nellis Air Force Base.

Benefits

+ Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)

+ Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)

+ Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)

+ Paid Time Off (Vacation, Public Holidays)

+ Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)

+ Short Term & Long Term Disability

+ Training & Development

+ Wellness Resources

+ Stock Option Plan