Uncrewed Marine Systems Engineer (Field Deployments)

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Gulfport (MS); On-site; USD 65,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

NOAA's Uncrewed Systems Operations Center in Gulfport, MS seeks a General Engineer to design, integrate, test, evaluate, and operate uncrewed platforms and sensor payloads. You will help establish engineering standards, maintenance strategies, and QA for uncrewed marine systems while planning T&E activities across the full system lifecycle.

You will evaluate performance during deployments, identify limitations and propose improvements.

Qualifications

• Duties focus on designing, integrating, testing, evaluating and operating uncrewed platforms and sensor payloads.
• Contribute to engineering standards, maintenance strategies, configuration control and QA for uncrewed marine systems.
• Plan and evaluate engineering test & evaluation activities across the full system lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Develop test methodologies, performance criteria and acceptance standards for uncrewed systems and payloads.
• Evaluate system status during deployments, identify limitations and recommend improvements.
• Coordinate with vendors/contractors for repair, upgrades and sustainment.
• Support training programs with engineering input on procedures and system capabilities.
• Maintain coordination with engineers, technicians, scientists and operations staff.

Job description

NOAA's Uncrewed Systems Operations Center in Gulfport, MS seeks a General Engineer to design, integrate, test, evaluate, and operate uncrewed platforms and sensor payloads. You will help establish engineering standards, maintenance strategies, and QA for uncrewed marine systems while planning T&E activities across the full system lifecycle.

You will evaluate performance during deployments, identify limitations and propose improvements.