Instrumentation and Controls Technician

Overview

Sierra Lobo, offers customers a full range of professional and technical capabilities, including Test and Evaluation, Systems Engineering, and Advanced Technologies. We also develop products and processes related to Cryogenic Fluid and Thermal Management Systems, Densified Propellant Management Systems, and Prototype Extreme Pressure and Temperature Systems. Our customers include the Department of Defense (DoD), the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, Missile Defense Agency (MDA), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

This position is located at our Engineering Facility in Milan Ohio.

EOE/Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran

Responsibilities

• Building and soldering circuit boards or soldering delicate instrumentation.
• Install electronic circuits, controls, data and instrumentation, hardware, subsystems, and systems for specialty process systems, aerospace hardware, and test rigs.
• Integrate pressure, temperature (both cyrogenic and traditional), flow, stress-strain, and level management devices into process systems and test hardware.
• Prepare calibration documentation, technical procedures, and quality control (ISO9001 and AS9100) documentation.
• Perform installation, checkout, calibration, troubleshooting and operation of electrical, controls, data, and instrumentation hardware and systems.
• Install instrumentation, signal conditioning equipment and integration with data acquisition systems.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• Journey level certificate in Instrumentation and Controls; or Associate of Applied Science Degree in Engineering Technology
• Minimum of eight (8) years of relevant experience
• Must have intermediate to advanced soldering skills applicable to beoth through-hole and surface mount technology
• Working knowledge of National Electric Code (NEC)
• Working knowledge of ISO9001:2000 or AS9100 Quality Systems
• Must be a US Citizen.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience with wiring, installing and operating devices in cryogenic systems including liquid hydrogen, liquid oxygen, liquid nitrogen or liquid helium.
• Understanding of basic cryogenics, power distributions systems and precision data acquisition.
• Direct knowledge of C/C++ (in both PC and embedded system environments), Visual Basic, Simulink, AutoCAD, MathCAD, Altium Designer, MultiSim and/or Labview.