Associate Instrumentation and Control Engineer Featured

Job Description

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The Boeing Company is looking for an Associate Instrumentation and Control Engineer with a strong background on transducers, closed-loop control, data acquisition systems, and MATLAB to join our team in Seattle, WA. This role will support testing in the Structures Lab. Boeing Test & Evaluation is constantly finding faster and more innovative and affordable ways to ensure Boeing products meet the highest levels of quality, reliability and safety. At B & TE, we innovate, design, test and validate a large variety of commercial and military products. Our team is focused on safely providing the highest value instrumentation solutions to address challenges that we face during testing. Our team instruments full scale airplane systems with various sensors and uses advanced control and data acquisition systems to conduct structural ground testing and acquire data for analysis.

This position is for 1st shift; however, various shifts, nights, weekends, and alternate shifts may be required to support program objectives.

Position Responsibilities:

• Assists in demonstrating the effectiveness of test methods

• Develops simple test procedures, and instrumentation and configuration definition needed to perform the test and minimize risk

• Designs component and sub-assembly level hardware or software and uses analytical tools to verify the design

• Assists in coordinating the manufacture and assembly of test hardware

• Identifies solutions to basic problems and supports the development of metrology processes, methods, and tools

• Supports development of test debrief material

• Participates in evaluation of test performance data

• Reviews test data for accuracy, quality and/or fidelity prior to delivery to customer

• Alerts senior engineers of off-nominal data

• Prepares test reports for review

• Works under general supervision

• Works with a variety of sensors or transducers: strain gages, load cells, pressure transducers, and thermocouples

• Works with and operates data acquisition systems

• Reads technical drawings

• Collects and analyzes data

• Works with Microsoft Windows, Office, and MATLAB

This position is expected to be 100% onsite.  The selected candidate will be required to work onsite at one of the listed location options.

The position must meet Export Control compliance requirements, therefore a “US Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.15 is required. “US Person” includes US Citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• Bachelor, Master or Doctorate of Science degree from an accredited course of study, in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics or chemistry

• 1+ years of experience working with Digital Volt Meters (DVM), Oscilloscopes, AC/DC Power supplies, Frequency Generators, and Power Meters

• 1+ years of experience in MATLAB

• Experience with electrical circuitry

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• Experience in wiring diagram and PCB board creation

• Experience with LabVIEW programming, C++, and PLC

• Experience in seeing and understand the inter-relationships between components of systems and plans, anticipate future events, and apply the principles of systems thinking to accelerate performance

• Experience with sensors, strain gages, load cells, and data acquisition systems

• Experience with PID closed loop control systems

Typical Education/Experience: 

Education/experience typically acquired through advanced technical education from an accredited course of study in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics or chemistry (e.g. Bachelor) and typically 2 or more years related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience (e.g. Master). In the USA, ABET accreditation is the preferred, although not required, accreditation standard.

Relocation:

Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit for this position. Candidates must live in the immediate area or relocate at their own expense.

Drug Free Workplace:

Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies.

Shift:

This position is for 1st shift.

Various shifts, nights, weekends, and alternate shifts may be required to support program objectives.

Union:

This is a union-represented position.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Boeing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.