Integration Engineer

Position Title: Integration Engineer

Position Description: Protingent Staffing has an exciting long-term contract opportunity for a Integration Engineer with our client located in Kirkland, WA.

Job Description:

We have an urgent contract opening for an Integration Engineer focused on environmental and electromagnetic interference (EMI) testing within the aerospace industry, specifically for aircraft electrical power equipment.

Job Responsibilities:

Prepare and review environmental and EMI test procedures, using DO-160, MIL-STD-810 and MIL-STD-461 as guidance, for new aircraft electrical power equipment designs, perform tests, and document results from lab testing.

Develop custom test equipment designs and drawings to enable successful tests of aircraft electrical power equipment.

Analyze and solve a diverse variety of EMI test related technical problems through use of test data and specification requirements. Organize and analyze data and document results. Review results to ensure their accuracy and appropriateness.

Support environmental and EMI development testing, troubleshooting, and formal testing using custom test equipment and standard lab test equipment. Support our client's in-house EMI lab operations and processes. Define standard and custom test equipment to support problem discovery and isolation.

Prepare and present technical information of diverse scope for internal and external engineers, program personnel, and other internal and external customers.

Acts as an individual contributor, building stable working relationships internally through tasks and assignments.

Guide technicians and operators in performing system integration and unit level development test and custom test equipment builds.

Use JIRA to request computer software, hardware, telephone service, e-mail and business systems.

Performance Objectives

Support environmental and electromagnetic interference testing of aircraft electrical power generation, conversion, and distribution equipment in the APC department.

Prepare and review test procedures and reports for aircraft electrical power generation, conversion, and distribution equipment.

Support DO-160, MIL-STD-810, and MIL-STD-461 testing on aerospace electrical power equipment.

Develop and review development and qualification test procedures for environmental and EMI tests on development aircraft electrical power equipment.

Generate test fixture designs to support environmental and EMI tests of aircraft equipment.

Job Qualifications:

Strong understanding of and hands-on experience with environmental testing standards, particularly DO-160 and MIL-STD-810. They need to be able to prepare and review test procedures based on these standards and perform the tests.

Solid background in EMI testing standards, especially MIL-STD-461. They must be capable of preparing and reviewing EMI test procedures, conducting the tests, and analyzing the results.

Experience in developing custom test equipment designs and creating the associated drawings to facilitate these environmental and EMI tests.

Proven ability to troubleshoot and solve technical problems related to EMI testing using test data and specification requirements.

Experience with data analysis and documentation of test results, including the ability to review results for accuracy and appropriateness.

Familiarity with supporting development and formal qualification testing, including using both custom and standard lab test equipment.

Ability to guide technicians and operators in performing tests and building custom test equipment.

Key Technologies/Standards: DO-160, MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-461, EMI testing, environmental testing, electrical power equipment, test equipment design.

Preferred Job Qualifications:

Experience with in-house EMI lab operations and processes.

Ability to define standard and custom test equipment for problem discovery.

Experience using JIRA for requesting IT-related services.

Experience presenting technical information to various audiences (engineers, program personnel, customers).

Job Details:

Type: Contract

Location: Kirkland, WA.

Pay Range: $42-$46/hr.

ITAR obligations are associated with this role, U.S. citizenship, U.S. legal permanent resident status, or protected person status under 8 U.S.C. § 1324b(a) (1), (3) is required.

Benefits Package: Protingent offers competitive salaries, insurance plan options (HDHP plan or POS plan), education/certification reimbursement, pre-tax commuter benefits, Paid Time Off (PTO) and an administered 401k plan.

About Protingent: Protingent is a niche provider of top Engineering and IT talent to Software, Electronics, Medical Device, Telecom, and Aerospace companies nationwide. Protingent exists to make a positive impact and contribution to the lives of others as well as our community by providing relevant, rewarding, and exciting work opportunities for our candidates.