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KBR

Radar Payload Systems Engineer

Chantilly, VA

  • Medical

  • Dental

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  • Life

  • Retirement

  • PTO

Specific contract requirements regarding education and experience will prevail. * Relevant Radar ... operating within this environment. * System Test: Hands-on experience with radar payload systems ...

KBR, Inc.

Radar Payload Systems Engineer

Chantilly, VA · On-site

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Life

  • Retirement

  • PTO

Specific contract requirements regarding education and experience will prevail. * Relevant Radar ... operating within this environment. * System Test: Hands-on experience with radar payload systems ...

K2 Space

Optical Systems Engineer

Los Angeles, CA · On-site

$139K - $179K/yr

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Life

  • PTO

... in signed contracts across commercial and US government customers - we're mass-producing the ... optical payloads operating in the UV / VIS / NIR / SWIR / MWIR / LWIR. * Collaborate with the ...

K2 Space

Optical Systems Engineer

Los Angeles, CA · On-site

$139K - $179K/yr

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Life

  • PTO

... in signed contracts across commercial and US government customers - we're mass-producing the ... optical payloads operating in the UV / VIS / NIR / SWIR / MWIR / LWIR. * Collaborate with the ...

K2 Space

Optical Systems Engineer

Los Angeles, CA

$139K - $179K/yr

... in signed contracts across commercial and US government customers - we're mass-producing the ... optical payloads operating in the UV / VIS / NIR / SWIR / MWIR / LWIR. * Collaborate with the ...

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ISS Payload Facility Controller

ZIN Technologies

Middleburg Heights, OH • On-site

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement, PTO

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Job description

Company Description

For nearly five decades, ZIN Technologies (ZIN) has provided integrated
products and spaceflight hardware development services to NASA and
Fortune 500 companies. ZIN specializes in the seamless and transparent
progression between concept, detailed design, engineering,
manufacturing, and operations. ZIN, with its uniquely qualified staff,
and a proven track record of award winning work, delivers product
development, system prototypes, and space flight hardware on time and
under budget. ZIN has over 150 scientists, engineers, and technicians
engaged in the development of specialized data acquisition and control
systems, power converters, and optical-mechanical systems for aerospace and commercial applications.
 ZIN experience base includes competitively awarded engineering contracts
from both government and commercial companies. Our scope of experience
includes scientific, technical, operational, and program management, as
well as the disciplines associated with large, complex space programs.
ZIN Associates are talented, experienced individuals; many have advanced
degrees and professional certifications that provide a wealth of
knowledge and capabilities to our customers.  Operating as a team, we
are dedicated to supplying innovative, cost effective services and
solutions.

Job Description

TO BE CONSIDERED, APPLY AT www.zin-tech.com/careers

This position supports command, control and operations of CIR and FIR
experiment facilities operating on the International Space Station (ISS)
including real-time execution of experiment procedures as part of the
operation team staffing the Tele-science Operation Center located at the
NASA Glenn Research Center. Operators will work evenings and weekend
shifts as need to staff experiment operation timeline.  Duties include assignments in the areas of planning; facility systems operations; timeline development and execution, data management and execution crew procedure support. Duties will require successfully completing a training and skill certification process. Typically the candidate will first train and become certified for a Data Management Operator console position may subsequently attain additional certifications Rack Officer and Experiment Payload Operator.  Individuals
in this position may interface directly with the NASA customer, subcontractors, ISS program personnel, Principle Investigators, and science team members. This position requires successful completion of a
government background check before commencement of employment.

Qualifications

  • Must have strong written and verbal communication skills, effective listening skills.
  • Candidate must be a team player and be able to develop and follow detailed processes and procedures.
  • Self-disciplined, self-starter, professional with clear attention to details
  • Requires
    a 4 year accredited degree in technical field with preference for
    Computer Science,  Aeronautical, Aerospace, Operations Research, or
    Engineering Disciplines


U.S. Citizenship Required
Possible Relocation Assistance
 

Additional Information

In addition to competitive salaries, ZIN offers excellent benefits to our
associates, including medical, vision, and dental insurance; short- and
long-term disability; life insurance;  paid leave and paid holidays;
401(k) retirement plan (immediate vesting); education and training
reimbursement; professional development opportunities; employee
assistance program; flexible spending plans; credit union membership;
and direct deposit.
ZIN-Technologies, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer
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