This position is contingent on contract/Task Order award.

Bastion offers career opportunities with competitive benefits, exciting possibilities for advancement and an exceptional work environment. Our culture is based on strong business ethics, integrity, and professionalism. Our team members are known for their initiative and high-quality work. When it comes to our employees, we value, respect, and help them grow in their careers.

The Controls Instrumentation Engineer will join our team with the Facilities and Testing Division to bring creative ideas and diverse backgrounds to help us envision, shape, and deliver systems that will enable the exploration of space while benefiting people here on Earth.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• As a vital member of a team of Controls/Instrumentation engineers, you will lead projects developing new systems and enhancing existing platforms to support data acquisition of the thermal vacuum chambers used for space simulation at CTSD facilities.
• Other duties as assigned.

REQUIRED:

This position has been posted at multiple levels. Depending on the candidate's experience, requirements, and business needs, we reserve the right to consider candidates at any level for which this position has been advertised.

• This position requires US Citizenship or Permanent Resident status due to the sensitivity of customer related information.
• Education: Must have a bachelor's degree in the field of engineering, or a related field.
• Years of Experience: Must have 5+ years of recent and related work experience.

• Experience with data acquisition systems including sensor specification, calibration, and system integration.
• Computer programming experience.

• Familiarity with SCADA systems.
• Familiarity with Allen Bradley PLCs and programming software.
• Familiarity with OPC DA/UA.
• Familiarity with National Instrument Data Acquisition systems.
• Familiarity with LabView.

PREFERRED:

• Familiarity with Johnson Space Center (JSC) organizations, processes, and procedures.

WORK LOCATION:

This position is located onsite and will be on a 9/80 schedule, off every other Friday, supporting the JETS II contract.

BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS REQUIRED:

All Bastion employees must be able to pass a national agency check, some positions require a clearance and will require an extensive background verification/check process.

DRUG AND ALCOHOL SCREENING REQUIRED:

All Bastion employees must be able to pass pre-employment drug screen; some contracts require participation in periodic random drug and alcohol screening programs.

STANDARD BASTION REQUIREMENTS:

All of Bastion's employees must be team players, able to communicate effectively with internal and external customers, able to follow company programs, processes, procedures, practices, requirements, goals, and objectives, they must have a strong work ethic and must be safety culture oriented. In addition, they must have experience with Microsoft Office Suite, and must be organized with good time management skills.

BASTION BENEFITS:

Bastion offers a wide range of benefits for their full-time employees; medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, disability benefits, life insurance, retirement 401k, vacation, sick pay, holidays, and flexible work schedules (when available). We also support career advancement through professional training and development.

INCLUSION AND DIVERSITY:

At Bastion, we are passionate about our people and our safety culture. We are committed to a journey toward being a more inclusive and diverse company, that philosophy fosters an environment of collaboration across cultures. Individual thoughts, opinions, and perspectives bring value and help us develop solutions for challenging problems, they make us more inventive, and more resilient.

VACCINE MANDATE:

In compliance with the U.S. federal government's vaccine mandate, only candidates who are fully vaccinated for COVID-19 or who have a reasonable accommodation or approved medical exception will be considered for this position.

Bastion is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

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