Test Engineer I at Jaxon Engineering and Maintenance

Description

  Jaxon Engineering is looking for an experienced Test Engineer I to join our engineering core.

About the Company

Jaxon is the leading full-service provider of High-altitude Electromagnetic Pulse (HEMP) services worldwide, delivering world-class engineering, testing, construction, and sustainment services. Jaxon offers an outstanding benefits package, competitive pay, and a culture that is unmatched. We collaborate and thrive on our core value of ownership. In both success and failure, we push to get better individually and as a team.

About the Position

Jaxon is seeking a motivated professional with a demonstrated ability to work with minimal supervision while meeting tight schedule and budgetary constraints to achieve customer, corporate and personal goals, and objectives. The successful candidate will be an effective team player, possess an ability to lead other engineers and technicians of all experience levels, be able to interface and communicate effectively with staff, customers, program management, and corporate leadership, and welcome the opportunity to learn, grow, and become a HEMP-hardening subject matter expert (SME).

Required Travel: up to 50% annually, both domestic and internationally

Security Clearance: Preferred active Secret (or the ability to obtain one)

Salary: $70,000-90,000 per year 

Benefits (all effective 1st day of work; no waiting period): 

• Excellent medical, dental, and vision insurance 
• Life  insurance at 2.5 times annual base salary provided
• Short- & Long-Term Disability insurance provided
• PTO and paid holidays 
• 401(k) match 

Requirements

  Primary Duties 

• Provide technical execution and oversight of multiple projects
• Serve as a technical SME for programs, including direct client interface
• Provide detailed specifications for proposed solutions including time and scope      involved
• Lead HEMP test teams in both laboratory and field settings
• Generate and present a variety of technical documents (reports, presentations)
• Perform quality reviews of technical documents and deliverables
• Train, mentor, and educate staff
• Ready  to work at any given point of time and location 

Qualifications and skills

• Minimum of a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering or Physics, or related STEM      discipline. 
• One year experience in one or more of the disciplines mentioned above
• Ability to obtain a DOD Secret and/or Top-Secret security clearance
• Willingness to be coached and to learn new skills in a rapidly growing industry.
• Proficiency with all types of time- and frequency- domain test equipment (oscilloscopes, network / spectrum analyzers, instrument control and data acquisition)
• Knowledge of applied electromagnetics (EM wave propagation test and measurement)
• Familiarity with AC and DC power systems
• Detailed understanding of how to properly document test cases and create effective and focused testing plans
• Project development and leadership skills are essential in planning and overseeing project tests
• Ability to work with various departments to facilitate the orderly execution of a proposed project plan
• Professional work experience in analyzing and testing computer hardware and software
• Proficient with MS Office products 

Duties and responsibilities may evolve based on project needs and operational requirements. This description does not cover every task or expectation associated with the role.

Jaxon does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, or military status.