Hardware Engineering SME II

Norfolk, MA - USA

Yearly Salary: USD 75000 - 85000

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Founded in 1995 ESN is a Small Disadvantage Business (SDB) Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) and Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB). ESN delivers trusted solutions that support our nations defense. For more than two decades we have been providing our military and government customers with mission-critical services including engineering and technical support strategic and program management testing and evaluation operations support and information technology. We are committed to proven repeatable corporate quality management processes and are certified CMMI Maturity Level III - Development/Services & ISO 9001:2015.

Hardware Engineering SME 2

Location: NAVSTA Norfolk VA

ESN is currently looking for a Hardware Engineering SME 2 to join a highly motived and skilled team in support of the BA-ISEA program.

Duties:

Elicit translate and satisfy stakeholder needs with hardware solutions.
Identify technical specifications that provision capability requirements.
Request receive and evaluate quotations from third party vendors.
Conduct market research and create independent cost estimates.
Generate sub-component component and system baselines.
Assign and track assets with CMPRO
Comply with policy per Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness guidance.
Pack distribute accept and handle material within NIWC Atlantic office and lab spaces.
Initiate DD1149 requisition and invoice/shipping forms.
Direct transportation movement requests to CONUS OCONUS and remote destinations.
Produce monthly delivery reports.
Verify accuracy of purchases with physical inspections and reviews of associated invoices.
Coordinate with Acquisition Engineering Agent on return material authorizations.
Collect process and dispose of degraded obsolete or unused items with Performance Based Logistics - Organic handovers Real-Time Reutilization Asset Management distributions Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services and peer-to-peer donations.
Prepare weekly catalogue of scarce and deficient resources.
Monitor cumulative pallet fees for warehouse inventory.
Cognizance of PMW 200 master schedule.
Perform static and dynamic burn-in tests for early failure detection (i.e. weak components construction flaws etc.) of newly procured devices.
Complete software/firmware installs and upgrades.
Execute Pre-Installation Test and Check-Out procedures for servers switches consoles power distribution units uninterruptible power supplies and peripherals.
Populate rugged transportable cases with laptops printers drives surge suppressors and cables prior to deployment.
Stage and integrate subsystems sliding rails brackets mounts shelves panels and cable managers to open frames cabinets and enclosures.
Carry out functional acceptance testing to ensure adherence before release.
Collaborate with BA ISEA Alteration/Installation teams and end-users on the transfer of property.
Track status and availability of commercial off-the-shelf equipment used for existing system variants.
Recognize patch releases focused on fixing bugs and vulnerabilities.
Implement analysis of alternatives to find and compare selections that meet specific operational demands.
Recommend economical high-performing and low-risk replacement options for discontinued or unobtainable products.
Act upon impact assessments for changes of apparatus.

Experience Required:

Minimum Ten (10) years demonstrated by a notable combination of the following:
Building examining and maintaining electrical equipment.
Strong problem-solving of common and complex technological issues.
Determining experiment conditions instrument types and trial methods.
Performing precise measurements and calculations using diagnostic and calibration tools.
Analyzing test results evaluating resolutions and redesigning or modifying equipment.

Education:

Technical Training in software maintenance and sustainment supporting DoN maintenance logistics and business systems.

Desired Skills:

Foundational knowledge of networking basics:
Concepts to connect and oversee local and wide area networks.
Application of servers switches routers data storage copper and fiber-optic cabling and various essential elements.
General host and client IT administration along with disk and filesystem troubleshooting.
Ability to configure utilize and monitor desktop environments (Microsoft Windows macOS Linux distros) and server operating systems (Microsoft Windows Server Red Hat Enterprise).
Familiar with virtualization practices (VMware Microsoft Hyper-V etc.) used to set up and run virtual machines (VMs).
Adept with advanced 2D and 3D modeling techniques towards detailed drawings for manufacturing ready-to-build parts that combine into a higher assembly.

Clearance: Secret

Required Experience: