Engineering Technician III

About the role

Location: Huntsville, AL. Job status: Full-time. Clearance: Secret. Travel: As needed. Astrion has an exciting opportunity for an Engineering Technician III located at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, AL. Astrion has worked extensively with Redstone Arsenal where it has earned a reputation for on-time delivery of high-quality products tailored to the needs of its clients.

Responsibilities

• Perform testing primarily in the areas of Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) and System Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) testing of missile, ground, aviation, and sensor systems.
• EMC testing will comprise Noisefloor Measurements, Source/Victim, and Electrically Initiated Device (EID) testing IAW MIL-STD-464D.
• Support for planning, conducting, and reporting on EMI/EMC testing.
• Assist senior technicians and engineers in performing testing to MIL-STD-464, MIL-STD-461, and ADS-37A-PRF.
• Operate various test equipment to include, mobile and base station radio communication systems, signal generators, function generators, power meters, network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, and oscilloscopes.
• Operate data acquisition systems including in house test software.
• Document test procedures, test methods, and test data.
• Consolidate test data into formats required by the test engineer.
• Work with the EMI/EMC Test team to ensure all customer schedules are met.
• Participate in cross-functional training activities within the Electromagnetic Environmental Effects Test division (E3) performing a variety of engineering technician tasks.

Qualifications

• Required: HS/GED and 5 years of applicable experience supporting engineering or testing of hardware in the appropriate area of specialization; or 2 years of applicable college/vocational/military/technical school and 3 years of applicable experience in the assigned specialty area.
• Required: Instrumentation – successful completion of sixteen (16) weeks of civilian or military training in electronics or basic instrumentation techniques and a minimum of 2 years of experience in electronics/instrumentation supporting engineering or testing of military hardware.
• Preferred: Exceptional customer relationship skills.