Maintenance Operations Engineering Technician (NASA CMC)

Leidos has an excellent opportunity for an Engineering Technician to work on the Cargo Mission Contract (CMC) and support a growing portfolio of NASA and commercial customer this position the Engineering Technician will provide technical support for engineers in areas including research design development testing manufacturing fabrication modification repair and process improvement.

Work will include electrical and mechanical fabrication assembly troubleshooting testing and technical documentation support. This position will support new hardware development projects sustaining engineering and customer requirements both at the primary work location and when required at customer support locations throughout the United States.

Primary Responsibilities

• Provide technical engineering support and perform work in accordance with approved work-authorizing documents engineering drawings procedures and work instructions.
• Perform fabrication assembly modification repair troubleshooting and testing of electrical electronic and mechanical components assemblies and equipment.
• Perform work pertaining to laptops printers audiovisual equipment electrical/electronic hardware mechanical components and associated equipment.
• Perform cable harness and electronic component fabrication utilizing NASA-recognized workmanship standards including soldering cable and harness fabrication staking conformal coating and related processes.
• Read interpret and implement requirements from engineering drawings schematics work orders procedures and other technical documentation.
• Support hardware testing troubleshooting inspection repair and modification activities.
• Support multiple projects simultaneously establish priorities and accomplish tasks in a fast-paced environment with changing requirements and tight deadlines.
• Lead or coordinate assigned technical activities and operations within areas having significant impact on organizational or project results.
• Provide technical guidance assistance and hands-on training to lower-level technicians and support personnel.
• Support document and work-instruction reviews and provide technician-level feedback to engineering personnel.
• Maintain tools equipment work areas and laboratory spaces in accordance with applicable safety quality calibration cleanliness and organizational requirements.
• Perform general laboratory cleanup organization and maintenance.
• Travel domestically as required to support fabrication modification repair testing troubleshooting document review and other customer or program technical requirements.

Basic Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent and a minimum of 8 years of related technical experience.
• Strong understanding of how to read interpret and implement requirements from engineering drawings work orders procedures and technical documentation.
• Experience performing electrical electronic and/or mechanical fabrication assembly troubleshooting repair or testing.
• Familiarity with engineering drawing and documentation processes.
• Familiarity with tool and equipment calibration requirements.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary technical team.
• Ability to support multiple projects and adapt to changing priorities and customer requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Technical/trade school certification or associate degree in engineering technology electronics technology mechanical technology or a related technical discipline.
• Current or previous workmanship certification and hands-on experience with NASA-STD-8739.1 NASA-STD-8739.4 IPC J-STD-001 and/or IPC/WHMA-A-620.
• Experience with cable and harness fabrication soldering staking conformal coating and electronic assembly.
• Experience with printed wiring board (PWB) population and repair utilizing through-hole and surface-mount soldering techniques.
• Experience troubleshooting electrical and electronic hardware to the component or assembly level.
• Experience supporting hardware fabrication modification repair testing and/or field activities at customer or remote locations.
• Working knowledge of Maximo Inventory Management System or similar work management inventory or task-order systems.
• Experience working within NASA aerospace defense or other highly controlled manufacturing and engineering environments.
• Ability and willingness to travel domestically up to 10% to support program and customer requirements. Travel may include Kennedy Space Center (KSC) testing activities in San Antonio and California and other locations throughout the United States as required to support fabrication modification repair testing troubleshooting and technical/documentation review activities.

This position is covered under the Service Contract Act and is subject to minimum wage requirements as well as minimum Health and Welfare benefits. The rate for this position will be at least $40/hr but may be higher based on actual experience.

Must be able to pass a Public Trust background investigation. U.S. Citizenship or U.S. Permanent Resident status is required.

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Original Posting:

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job education experience knowledge skills and abilities as well as internal equity alignment with market data applicable bargaining agreement (if any) or other law.

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