Electrical and Instrumentation Engineer Job at Akkodis, Victorville, CA

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  • Akkodis
  • Victorville, CA

Job Description

Electrical and Instrumentation Engineer

Location: Victorville, CA

Contract Length: 12 Month Contract to hire

Rate Range: $65/hour to $70/hour; The rate may be negotiable based on experience, education, geographic location, and other factors.

Job Description Summary

The Electrical and Instrumentation Engineer demonstrates leadership in communicating business goals, programs, and processes for an area or business segment. In this role, you will utilize your experience or expertise to solve problems, develop and execute objectives for self and others, and have the ability to effect short-term and some long-term business goals.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

  • The flight test instrumentation group has three key disciplines: instrumentation application, data acquisition, and electrical engineering.
  • The role is focused on the design side, requiring electrical engineering expertise to design systems like instrumentation ground pallets or test enabling hardware.
  • The design engineer needs to understand requirements from various sources, translate them into a concept and design, and ensure compliance with standards.
  • The role is not just about designing wire harnesses, but a broader electrical/instrumentation system design.
  • Knowledge of NX is a "good to have" but not a key requirement, as other CAD tools like AutoCAD are also used.
  • Organize and lead teams to accomplish flight test missions
  • Recommend approach to meet the technical and program requirements
  • Formulate and implement plans to achieve technical requirements, schedules and contract commitments
  • Develop action plans to anticipate and respond to problems
  • Provide technical guidance to other personnel and assigned teams; mentor others in the organization
  • Lead or participate in organizational efforts in assigned projects and/or tasks
  • Assure proper documentation of technical data generated for the assigned projects and/or tasks consistent with engineering policies and procedures
  • Monitor and communicate project status, business issues and significant developments
  • Participate as a presenter or reviewer in technical and program reviews

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college (or a high school diploma / GED with at least 4 years of experience in FUNCTION).
  • Ability and willingness to work off-shift hours including 2nd and 3rd Shifts and weekends when program requirements dictate.
  • Ability and willingness to travel off-site with Flying Test Bed when program requirements dictate.
  • Ability and willingness to work at offsite locations for extended periods of time as business needs dictate.
  • Able to obtain and maintain FAA Class-3 medical certificate or equivalent.
  • Ability and willingness to participate in development flight tests on an experimental aircraft.
  • Familiarity with Teamcenter and AutoCAD application
  • At least 3 additional years of experience in a relevant field

Desired Characteristics

  • Strong oral and written communication skills.
  • Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
  • Ability to influence others and lead small teams.
  • Lead initiatives of moderate scope and impact.
  • Ability to coordinate several projects simultaneously.
  • Effective problem identification and solution skills.
  • Proven analytical and organizational ability.
  • Familiarity with flight test operation and airframe/propulsion system integration
  • Thorough knowledge of flight test and turbomachinery instrumentation (design, application, signal conditioning, data acquisition and troubleshooting)
  • Knowledge of alternating (single and three phase) and direct current theory
  • Ability to create and review electrical systems and instrumentation drawings
  • Ability to monitor and troubleshoot aircraft electrical, instrumentation/data acquisition and power management systems on our Aviation’s Flying Test Bed
  • Ability to monitor and understand various analog and digital data acquisition systems used in the testing environment

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Benefit offerings include medical, dental, vision, term life insurance, short-term disability insurance, additional voluntary benefits, commuter benefits and 401K plan. Our program provides employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. Available paid leave may include Paid Sick Leave, where required by law; any other paid leave required by Federal, State or local law; and Holiday pay upon meeting eligibility criteria. Disclaimer: These benefit offerings do not apply to client-recruited jobs and jobs which are direct hire to a client.

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The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:

· The California Fair Chance Act

· Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance

· Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers

· San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

Job Tags

Hourly pay, Holiday work, Contract work, Temporary work, Local area, Shift work, Night shift, Weekend work, Afternoon shift,

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