Electronics Engineer at Akima, LLC in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Job Description:

RiverTech an Akima Company, delivers space situational awareness and satellite surveillance services that protect and defend sea, land, air and space operations and their personnel. Providing the talent, tools, and technologies to ensure exceptional performance in today’s most demanding and strategically critical global environments. This is RiverTech. Our personnel enjoy competitive benefits packages and challenging roles in work environments committed to innovation, diversity and opportunity for career growth. As an Alaska Native Corporation (ANC), 100% of our company’s profits go back to our 14,300 Iñupiat shareholders that have resided near and above the Arctic Circle for more than 10,000 years. Our business helps support their way of life and contributes to the survival of a culture that has thrived in a challenging environment.

Job Summary:  
 
Today’s battlespace is complex, global, and constantly evolving. It demands all theaters—space, maritime, ground and cyber—converge to provide real time support to the Warfighter anywhere on the planet. These are the challenges unifying and driving the engineering, business process and project management personnel at RiverTech.
 
Our space situational awareness and satellite surveillance services protect and defend sea, land, air and space operations and their personnel. And our systems and engineering support teams ensure maritime mobility, safety and cyber security.
 
Providing the talent, tools, and technologies to ensure exceptional performance in today’s most demanding and strategically critical global environments. This is RiverTech.
 
Responsibilities: 

• Our Electronics Engineer is a member of a multi-functional team providing Engineering Support Services to the Federal Aviation Administration Logistic Center (FAALC) at the Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center Logistic Center in Oklahoma City, OK.


• The Electronics Engineer’s technical, operational, and functional tasks spectrum includes:


• Providing professional engineering services in support of the FAALC mission to assure that electronic, electrical, and mechanical systems and components meet FAA requirements for supply support, maintainability, serviceability, and reliability as requested by any FAALC Product Division or Group


• Performing investigative technical evaluations and studies necessary to complete the information requested


• Providing services required to complete the request including conducting research on reparability of equipment including repair sources, equipment reliability and obsolescence.

Standard individual administrative tasks including individual time, timesheet, leave, and training completion; performance management; compliance with customer organization and company standards; performing other tasks as assigned and demonstrating proficiency, accuracy and attention to detail in assigned duties.

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  Works under the functional/operational supervision of the Shop Lead and/or Technical Manager/Project Manager.
  
  


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  Assists Item Managers, Planners, Technicians and Equipment Specialists on equipment obsolescence, unavailability and suitability/usability issues.
  
  


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  Researches and provides documentation and data to support procurement activities and related qualification testing criteria; items may include fabrication, repair and testing services; research may also include policy, guidance and metrics associated with system support. Results of studies and research will also support FAALC engineering drafting services and technical library requirements.
  
  

Minimum Qualifications: 

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering.


• Minimum of two (2) years of experience performing analyses of electronic and/or electrical components and systems, developing specifications, designing modifications and revisions, identifying part and item substitutions, and producing engineering technical documentation.
  


• High level of problem solving skills and the ability to recommend and implement alternative set-up and/or operations for complex systems.


• Detail-oriented and possesses the ability to handle multiple tasks.


• Experience designing tests and setting up test beds 


• Experience assisting other engineers in mitigating obsolescence in systems 


• Development of quality improvements in both hardware and software 


• Experience developing and executing strategies to ensure system sustainment throughout the life cycle of systems 


• Ability to provide incident and after action reports and analysis.


• Excellent customer service skills and professional presence. Strong oral and written communication skills; ability to read, speak and effectively communicate in the English language.


• Solid work ethic.


• Consistent with President Biden's Executive Order 14042, you must be able to meet all health requirements, including but not limited to, current and future vaccination requirements to infectious diseases such as COVID-19. The Executive Order generally requires that all federal workers and federal contractor employees be fully vaccinated by January 4, 2022. 

Additional Requirements:

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  Specialized knowledge of FAA systems, equipment, procedures, and operations is highly desired. Knowledge of NAS systems computer hardware and firmware/software to include embedded applications is highly desired.
  
  


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  NACI.
  
  

Location:

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  6500 S. MacArthur Blvd, Oklahoma City, OK 72139 
  
  

The duties and responsibilities listed in this job description generally cover the nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this position.  This is not intended to be a complete list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required.  Subject to the terms of an applicable collective bargaining agreement, the company management reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties and to assign other duties as may be necessary.  We wish to thank all applicants for their interest and effort in applying for the position; however, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.

 

We are an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will receive consideration for employment, without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, gender or gender-identity, age, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability, pregnancy or parental status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

 

We are committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you have a physical and/or mental disability and are interested in applying for employment and need special accommodations to use our website to apply for a position please contact, Recruiting Services at job-assist@akima.com or 571-353-7053.   Reasonable accommodation requests are considered on a case-by-case basis.

 

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