Engineering Technician (NASA CMC)

Description

Job Description:

The Leidos Cargo Mission Contract (CMC) currently has an opening for a Foam Operations Technician to work in our Webster, Texas office. This is an exciting opportunity to use your fabrication experience to provide mission support for NASA.

This position will provide hands-on fabrication support of foam, plastic, and textile products to our cargo and engineering teams through use of hand tools, additive manufacturing, and CNC machining. The ideal candidate must be willing to embrace a culture of safety, showcase exceptional teamwork, problem- solving, and quality. The incumbent will excel with provided training and will work the necessary hours to complete the task assigned within the provided schedule demands.

Assist the CMC Foam Operations team by providing manufacturing support to fabricate protective foam assemblies for the protection of hardware being flown to the International Space Station. Additional duties will include providing hands- on support for prototyping, 3D printing, soft goods, electronic, and mechanical components or equipment builds.

Per the contract, U.S. Citizenship or U.S. Permanent Residence status is required.

Responsibilities include:

• Program and operate 3D printers
• Program and operate CNC Machines
• Perform hands-on fabrication of contract products
• Provide technical engineering support and perform steps via work authorizing documents

• Prepare work space by moving furniture, supporting lab organization, and cleaning as required

Basic Qualifications:

• High School diploma or equivalent, and 1 year related experience in manufacturing or design.
• Comprehensive experience in the use of powered and unpowered tools to fabricate end items
• Thorough understanding of how to read and implement requirements from engineering drawings
• Experience in creating CNC G-code
• Experience in operating CNC routers
• Experience in computer aided drafting (CAD) software

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experienced in running and programming additive manufacturing systems
• Experience in Creo software
• Experience in Simplify3D software

Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.