Test Instrumentation Engineer Intern

4 weeks ago


Huntsville, Alabama, United States Jacobs Full time

Your Impact:
Challenging Today. Reinventing Tomorrow. We're invested in you and your success. Everything we do is more than just a project. It's our challenge as human beings, too. That's why we bring a thoughtful and collaborative approach to every one of our partnerships.

At Jacobs, we challenge the status quo and redefine how to solve the world's greatest challenges, transforming big ideas into intelligent solutions for a more connected, sustainable world.

Design your career with a company that inspires and empowers you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow.

Do you have a passion for space? While others may be putting people in space, we are putting people on the Moon and Mars and beyond.


The Test Instrumentation Engineer Intern will:

Support Senior Test Instrumentation Engineers in setup and operation of Optical Measurement Systems (ARAMIS, Video Image Correlation, Leica Laser Trackers), Instrumentation, and NASA Data Acquisition Systems for Structural Strength Testing.

Setup and operate data acquisition equipment for measuring strain, displacement, and loads for structural testing on large and small space flight qualification articles, and other test articles.

Setup and operate load control equipment. Develop innovative ideas for improving the data acquisition hardware, software, and methods. Develop innovative solutions to challenging problems to structural test articles.

Job Duties will include:
Coordination with NASA project level customers across organizations to ensure mission success.

Work with a diverse team of civil servants and contractors to design, develop, setup, and perform structural testing on space flight qualification hardware, and other mission critical hardware.

Participate in a Beyond Zero Safety Culture, attend safety meetings, task meetings, design reviews, and test readiness reviews as requested to support ESSCA and customer requirements.

Develop and deliver reports and presentations as requested to support ESSCA and customer requirements via Power Point and other various software packages.

Perform safety and certification training to support ESSCA and customer requirements.

Here's what you'll need:

Qualifications:
Working towards a BS degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering or related field is required. Attending an ABET accredited institution is preferred. Must be able to provide own transportation.

The ideal candidate will be an Engineering Intern with a strong sampling of the following skills and a desire to learn in depth:
Experience with data acquisition system. Demonstrated ability to quickly learn new software applications. Basic instrumentation application - utilizing strain gauges, thermocouples, and displacement devices. Familiarity with Machine Vision Image Processing/Correlation concepts and methods. Experience with National instruments LabVIEW development software and or MATLAB for instrumentation acquisition and control. Code generation in Windows or Linux operating systems. Software quality control using QT or GTest libraries. Raspberry Pi/Arduino, Python or C#/C++. National Instruments Hardware.

Desire to conduct detailed hands-on work in a Lab testing environment on sub scale models to full scale structures in some of NASA's largest indoor and outdoor test facilities.

Operation or development of Control Systems including feedback control loops. Familiarity with OSHA standards. Excellent verbal and writing skills.

​​​​​​Our Space Exploration Group (JSEG) offers a partnership in which you can grow personally and professionally within a framework of strong leadership, competitive compensation, and rewarding career paths.

Come join our team on the Engineering Services and Science Capability Augmentation (ESSCA) contract whose work is destined to have a long-range effect on future generations For more information on why Huntsville is known as "one of the smartest cities in the nation", check out these websites:


Essential Functions Work Environment:
General office environment. Requires ability to interact effectively with co-workers, managers, and clients. Requires ability to provide clear, concise, and accurate communications, both verbally and in writing (100%). Travel is not expected.

Physical Requirements:

Requires sitting for extended periods of time in meetings with peers, management, and with our client at NASA facilities to discuss technical issues.

Also, requires sitting for extended periods of time at a desk to write reports and perform engineering tasks. Work will be performed on-site at NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center (100%). Use of stairs or elevators can gain access to buildings will be required. Some work requires using stairs and/or ladders to access elevated work platforms.

Equipment and Machines:
Requires ability to operate a personal computer, a telephone, fax machine, copier, calculator, and other general office equipment (100%)

Attendance:
Normal workday is from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday thru Friday. Minimal overtime may be required (10%) to meet schedule milestones and to support technical demands of the job. Regular attendance is a necessity and adequate arrangements for delegating duties during absences are required.

Work schedules for intern employees will be established based on mutual agreement between candidates and employer based on the employer's normal work schedule and the intern's academic and personal needs.


Other Essential Functions:

The ability to work independently with minimal supervision, and to make rational decisions, and to exercise good judgment is essential (100%).

Grooming and dress must be appropriate for the position and must not impose a safety risk/hazard to the employee or others.

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