Control Systems Engineer – Spaceflight Lab & NASA Testing

RiseMe; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off and holidays

Retirement benefits (401(k) matching)

Educational reimbursement

Parental leave

Employee stock purchase plan

Tax-saving options

Disability and life insurance

Pet insurance

Job summary

Amentum Space Exploration Division (ASED) is seeking a Control Systems Engineer to join our ESSCA program in Huntsville, AL. You will operate, maintain, and design test control systems for spaceflight hardware and collaborate with NASA customers.

The ideal candidate has a BS in engineering or physics and hands-on experience with hydraulics, motors, embedded systems, and data acquisition. You will work in a lab environment, travel domestically, and contribute to mission-critical tests and safety

Qualifications

• Excellent verbal and writing skills.
• Experience with hydraulic and pneumatic fluid control systems, valves and actuators for automated control of position, force, pressure and velocity.
• Experience with electric motor control systems, Variable Frequency Drives or servo-motors.
• Experience with embedded systems and microcontrollers such as Raspberry Pi, Arduino, cRIO or similar.
• Experience with communication protocols such as ethercat, profinet, RS-232, RS485, CAN, I2C, SPI
• Experience with data acquisition hardware such as cDAQ, PXI, HBK, Dewetron, Dewesoft, Gantner or similar hardware.
• Knowledge of basic instrumentation applications - utilizing strain gauges, load cells, pressure transducers, thermocouples, and displacement sensors.
• Desire to conduct detailed hands-on work in a Lab testing environment on sub scale models to full scale structures in some of NASA’s largest indoor and outdoor test facilities.

Responsibilities

• Operate, maintain and troubleshoot existing test control systems.
• Perform setup and modification of existing test control systems.
• Specify and tune feedback control loop algorithms for optimum performance.
• Design and implement new test control systems.
• Coordinate transducer and actuator installation, writing technical procedures to be performed by technicians.
• Coordination with NASA customers across organizations to ensure mission success.
• Work with a diverse team of civil servants and contractors to design, develop, set up, and perform structural testing on space flight qualification hardware, and other mission critical hardware.
• Participate in Beyond Zero Safety Culture, attend safety meetings, task meetings, design reviews, and test readiness reviews as requested to support ESSCA and customer requirements.
• Develop and deliver reports and presentations as requested to support ESSCA and customer requirements.
• Perform safety and certification training to support ESSCA and customer requirements.

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Hydraulic systems

Pneumatic systems

Electric motor control

Embedded systems

Microcontrollers

Communication protocols

Data acquisition

Instrumentation

Lab testing

Education

ABET-accredited BS in Electrical/Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering or Physics

Tools

Raspberry Pi

Arduino

cRIO

Job description

Amentum Space Exploration Division (ASED) is seeking a Control Systems Engineer to join our ESSCA program in Huntsville, AL. You will operate, maintain, and design test control systems for spaceflight hardware and collaborate with NASA customers.

The ideal candidate has a BS in engineering or physics and hands-on experience with hydraulics, motors, embedded systems, and data acquisition. You will work in a lab environment, travel domestically, and contribute to mission-critical tests and safety