What are the responsibilities and job description for the Quality Calibration Technician position at Rocketdyne?
Moving Space Forward
Rocketdyne is back — and we're just getting started.
We are unleashing decades of unrivaled flight heritage to power the most critical missions in space today, from the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope to an MMRTG journeying to Saturn's largest moon. National security space is shifting to proliferated constellations, creating compounding demand for exactly what we build.
If you want to do the most important work of your career at a company where One, Trust, and Bold are a way of life, Rocketdyne is your place.
The Role
Calibrate, troubleshoot, and repair Measuring and Test Equipment (M&TE), Test Measurement and Diagnostic Equipment (TMDE), and instrumentation in laboratory and on-site field environments. Apply technical expertise and metrology principles to verify equipment performance against established specifications and ensure accurate, reliable measurements.
Key Responsibilities
Demonstrated calibration and metrology experience across multiple measurement disciplines, including:
Rocketdyne is back — and we're just getting started.
We are unleashing decades of unrivaled flight heritage to power the most critical missions in space today, from the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope to an MMRTG journeying to Saturn's largest moon. National security space is shifting to proliferated constellations, creating compounding demand for exactly what we build.
If you want to do the most important work of your career at a company where One, Trust, and Bold are a way of life, Rocketdyne is your place.
The Role
Calibrate, troubleshoot, and repair Measuring and Test Equipment (M&TE), Test Measurement and Diagnostic Equipment (TMDE), and instrumentation in laboratory and on-site field environments. Apply technical expertise and metrology principles to verify equipment performance against established specifications and ensure accurate, reliable measurements.
Key Responsibilities
- Calibrate, inspect, adjust, maintain, and repair instruments and test equipment according to established procedures and standards.
- Troubleshoot equipment faults using independent judgment, circuit analysis, schematics, and wiring diagrams.
- Apply metrology principles, including linearity, hysteresis, and bias, along with algebra, scientific notation, and metric/Imperial unit conversions.
- Create and maintain calibration records, test results, maintenance logs, and certificates.
- Develop, update, and execute calibration procedures; recommend process improvements.
- Coordinate calibration schedules, repairs, specifications, and tolerances with equipment owners, internal teams, vendors, and customers.
- Ensure compliance with applicable quality, industry, and regulatory requirements.
- Train employees on equipment use and care, and manage calibration equipment, supplies, and spare parts.
Demonstrated calibration and metrology experience across multiple measurement disciplines, including:
- Pressure and vacuum: Analog/digital gauges, 4–20 mA transmitters, manometers, barometers, pressure controllers and regulators, and vacuum pumps/chambers.
- Temperature and humidity: Liquid-in-glass thermometers, PRTs, thermistors, thermocouples, infrared thermometers, data loggers, transmitters, fluid baths, dry-block calibrators, and environmental chambers.
- Electrical: Digital multimeters, process and multifunction calibrators, conductivity meters, frequency standards, resistance standards and decade boxes, current clamps and shunts, power supplies, signal generators, and oscilloscopes.
- Flow: Flowmeters, rotameters, anemometers, flow standards, laminar flow elements, and thermal mass flow instruments.
- Dimensional and mechanical: Micrometers, calipers, pin and go/no-go gauges, vision measurement systems, CMMs, torque wrenches, load cells, height gauges, and drop gauges.
- High school diploma or GED.
- Demonstrated experience applying calibration and metrology principles across multiple measurement disciplines.
- U.S. citizenship or U.S. Person status.
- Ability to satisfy applicable federal government requirements for access to government information.
- Four or more years of experience as a Calibration Instrumentation Technician, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Associate’s degree in electronics technology or a related discipline strongly desired.
- Relevant college coursework and/or ASQ Certified Calibration Technician (CCT) certification.
- Knowledge of one or more of the following:
- Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratories (PMEL).
- ISO/IEC 17025, ANSI Z540.1/Z540.3, ISO 9001, and NCSL Recommended Practices.
- Measurement uncertainty (ISO GUM), Test Uncertainty Ratio (TUR), and Test Accuracy Ratio (TAR).
- Repeatability and reproducibility, Gauge R&R, and Measurement System Analysis (MSA).
- Statistics, quality control charts, and Out-of-Tolerance (OOT) investigations and impact analysis.
- Proficiency with calibration tools, test equipment, and software.
- Strong understanding of electronics, mechanics, and instrumentation.
- Ability to interpret technical manuals, schematics, and diagrams.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and time-management skills.
- Attention to detail, accurate documentation, and the ability to work independently.
- Proactive approach to quality assurance and continuous improvement.
- Ability to work in an office/laboratory setting and use standard office equipment, including a computer.
- Ability to sit or stand for work activities.
- Occasional lifting, carrying, pushing, or pulling up to 25 pounds.
- Occasional walking, climbing, stooping, crouching, or bending.
Salary : $27 - $39