Specialist, Mechanical Engineering

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Job Title: Specialist, Mechanical Engineering

Job Code: 43456

Job Location: Salt Lake City, UT

Schedule: 9/80 Reg

Job Description: The Electromechanical Engineer will be responsible for testing, troubleshooting, overhauling, calibrating, and repair of complex electromechanical components using a variety of test instrumentation and custom test sets. Following diagnostics, the engineer will provide recommendations to technicians and the manufacturing team for repair of various sensors, electro-mechanical systems, and electronic assemblies. Maintenance and design assistance of test sets required as needed.

Essential Functions:

• Primary responsibilities include testing, troubleshooting, and repair of complex sonar systems and test sets.
• Create and maintain test operations procedures, specifications, and schematics
• Troubleshoot and repair electromechanical systems and sensors, such as piezoelectric transducers.
• Document test findings and diagnose and analyze problems utilizing a variety of test equipment.
• Provide input for process improvements and development of top-level test procedures.
• Construct, calibrate, adjust, test, and maintain equipment used to support sonar testing/tuning.
• Prepare and review design documentation in accordance with contract requirements and/or internal standards.
• Assist Purchasing Dept. with procurement of necessary items as needed.
• Contribute to technical proposal efforts and test readiness reviews.
• Support the assembly and integration of products/systems. Support mechanical system and component alignment, testing, troubleshooting and evaluation.
• Ensure quality through adherence to the Quality Systems Manual, applicable Standard Work Instructions and other standards invoked internally or contractually.
• Work under general supervision and check/verify work performed by peers.
• Perform other duties as required

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in an Engineering discipline, Physics, or a related discipline with 4 or more years of experience in a field utilizing electromechanical systems. Graduate Degree and a min of 2 years of experience.
• Software used: SolidWorks, MATLAB, Minitab, LabVIEW, ANSYS, Microsoft Office Suite
• Experience with transducers and other electromechanical systems and sensors
• Experience with test equipment such as network analyzers, scopes, DMMs, DAQs, signal generators, and spectrum analyzers
• Rudimentary ability to understand and analyze circuit diagrams
• Experience using LabVIEW or other software protocol to communicate with commercial instrumentation and analog and digital data acquisition systems

Preferred Additional Qualifications and Skills:

• Exposure to acoustic and sonar systems and theory
• Experience with dipping sonar and towed bodies and arrays
• Knowledge and use of piezoelectric ceramic transducers (hydrophones, projectors, other)
• Proficiency with software protocols such as Python or other scripting languages
• Certified LabVIEW Associate Developer or above
• Excellent written, oral, presentation, and team skills
• Willing to travel up to 10% of time

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