Job Description
NASA enforces REAL ID requirements for all visitors and badge holders. Please visit www.dhs.gov/real-id to view a list of compliant documents. The successful candidate will join the Facility Operations Directorate to support the Center Maintenance, Operations, and Engineering Contract (CMOE) located at NASA Langley Research Center. This position reports directly to the Ground Data Systems Service, Hardware Supervisor. All work will be completed with a high level of quality, professionalism and full adherence to all safety policies and procedures. Want to work where spacecraft are tested, planes are crashed and where Neil Armstrong practiced his moon landing? Experienced controls specialist needed to support aerodynamic research at NASA Langley Research Center. This position, with Amentum's Center Maintenance, Operations, and Engineering (CMOE) contract, is part of a small team that supports any control system at any wind-tunnel, lab or test facility on Center. This person will support PLCs and a variety of other controllers that compress air to 6000 psi, move air at Mach speeds or control temperatures down to -250°F. A combination of old and new, software and hardware, the work is hands-on, varied and unique. Responsibilities: The selected candidate will work alone or with a team to provide controls services to the wind tunnels and research facilities at the NASA Langley. These services include trouble-shooting, repair, replacement, programming, configuration, documentation and checkout control systems and components. In addition to "break-fix" services, the candidate may also work on controls-related projects for improvements, added functions, or new capabilities. This work may start with project planning, writing specifications or making budget-schedule estimations. It will include project completion requiring system design, graphical user interface building, programming, equipment layout and procurement, syst