Specialist, Mechanical Engineering

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Job Title: Specialist, Mechanical Engineering 

Job Code: 43456

Job Location: Salt Lake City, UT

Schedule: 9/80 Reg

Job Description: The Electromechanical Engineer will be responsible for testing, troubleshooting, overhauling, calibrating, and repair of complex electromechanical components using a variety of test instrumentation and custom test sets. Following diagnostics, the engineer will provide recommendations to technicians and the manufacturing team for repair of various sensors, electro-mechanical systems, and electronic assemblies. Maintenance and design assistance of test sets required as needed.

Essential Functions:

Primary responsibilities include testing, troubleshooting, and repair of complex sonar systems and test sets.

Create and maintain test operations procedures, specifications, and schematics

Troubleshoot and repair electromechanical systems and sensors, such as piezoelectric transducers.

Document test findings and diagnose and analyze problems utilizing a variety of test equipment.

Provide input for process improvements and development of top-level test procedures.

Construct, calibrate, adjust, test, and maintain equipment used to support sonar testing/tuning.

Prepare and review design documentation in accordance with contract requirements and/or internal standards.

Assist Purchasing Dept. with procurement of necessary items as needed.

Contribute to technical proposal efforts and test readiness reviews.

Support the assembly and integration of products/systems. Support mechanical system and component alignment, testing, troubleshooting and evaluation.

Ensure quality through adherence to the Quality Systems Manual, applicable Standard Work Instructions and other standards invoked internally or contractually.

Work under general supervision and check/verify work performed by peers.

Perform other duties as required

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree in an Engineering discipline, Physics, or a related discipline with 4 or more years of experience in a field utilizing electromechanical systems. Graduate Degree and a min of 2 years of experience.

Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain a Secret security clearance

Software used: SolidWorks, MATLAB, Minitab, LabVIEW, ANSYS, Microsoft Office Suite

Experience with transducers and other electromechanical systems and sensors

Experience with test equipment such as network analyzers, scopes, DMMs, DAQs, signal generators, and spectrum analyzers

Rudimentary ability to understand and analyze circuit diagrams

Experience using LabVIEW or other software protocol to communicate with commercial instrumentation and analog and digital data acquisition systems

Preferred Additional Qualifications and Skills:

Exposure to acoustic and sonar systems and theory

Experience with dipping sonar and towed bodies and arrays

Knowledge and use of piezoelectric ceramic transducers (hydrophones, projectors, other)

Proficiency with software protocols such as Python or other scripting languages

Certified LabVIEW Associate Developer or above

Excellent written, oral, presentation, and team skills

Willing to travel up to 10% of time

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