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General Engineer, AST, Experimental Facility Development (Direct Hire)
Ames Research Center · Posted today
HybridMoffett Field, CA$157K – $197KApply by May 13, 2026General EngineeringENTJINTJINTPISTJEngineeringOperations
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As an AST, Experimental Facility Development (Lab Manager) with the Applied Manufacturing Division, you will be responsible for policies, procedures, operations schedules, resources, procurement, funding, and facility requirements for the Engineering Evaluation Laboratory. You will lead a team of highly skilled test engineers in the execution of spaceflight hardware acceptance and qualification testing and pursue opportunities for collaboration and funding.
What You'll Do
- →Serves as the Lab Manager performing discipline specific duties including but not limited to, executing tests, training test engineers, generating and maintaining documentation, and overseeing day to day operations.
- →Delivers quality and timely support that meets customer expectations.
- →Reports directly to the Division Chief.
- →Demonstrates skill in oral and written communication to logically and effectively explain issues related to all lab activities.
- →Exercises independent engineering management and judgment to secure achievement of test goals and objectives.
- →Provides leadership to coordinate and integrate the planning, programming, development, oversight, scheduling, and overall management of laboratory resources.
- →Plans, coordinates, and manages the work of subordinate, secondary, and matrixed resources engaged in accomplishing the mission of the organization.
- →Participates in preliminary scope reviews to help customers develop and define test requirements.
- →Formulates and disseminates decisions for appropriate action to ensure compliance with approved customer requirements as well as center and agency requirements and goals.
- →Performs independent assessments to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of the facility and provides recommendations to division leadership on process improvements.
Requirements
- ✓If you did not complete a qualifying bachelor's degree, you may be eligible if you have obtained a graduate degree in an AST qualifying field, as listed above.
- ✓Degrees in engineering technology are not considered qualifying for this position.
- ✓Engineering degrees earned within the United States: Engineering degrees earned within the United States must be from a college or university that has at least one ABET accredited engineering program.
- ✓To find out if a school has at least one ABET accredited program, please visit http://www.abet.org.
- ✓Engineering degrees earned outside the United States: Engineering degrees earned outside the United States must be recognized by a Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA), often known as accords.
- ✓These are non-governmental agreements among organizations that accredit academic degree programs.
- ✓MRAs recognize the substantial equivalence of mature accreditation systems and programs accredited by signatory organizations within their jurisdictions.
- ✓For a listing of Signatories, please visit, https://www.abet.org/global-presence/mutual-recognition-agreements/is-your-program-recognized/.
- ✓Science and other related degrees earned within the United States: Science and other related degrees must have been awarded from colleges or universities that are accredited by recognized accrediting organizations.
- ✓For a list of schools that meet this criteria, go to http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/.
- ✓Science and other related degrees earned outside the United States: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs.
- ✓These education credentials must be deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university.
- ✓For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
- ✓All degrees must have been received in the year of, or any year subsequent to the original date of accreditation.
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