Mechanical Engineering Technologist

Overview

Job Title: Engineering Technical Specialist

Location: Arnold AFB, Tennessee

Job Family Code: O-Engineering

Function/Branch: Engineering / Engineering Functional Management

Directorate: Engineering and Tech Support

Position Type: Regular, Full-Time

Pay Type: Exempt    

Grade:  L06 (OA0618) – L07 (OA0717)

Salary Range or Starting Hourly Rate: L06: $70,000 - $92,000; L07: $80,500 - $107,500/ per year

The Mission

At Beyond New Horizons (BNH), we seek skilled technical professionals to join our team at Arnold Air Force Base, where you will help operate, maintain, and improve the critical infrastructure that makes groundbreaking ground testing possible. You will work with powerful and complex systems, including large electric motors, compressors, industrial control systems, instrumentation, and data-acquisition equipment.

While AEDC does not design the systems being tested, our teams create and sustain the extreme test conditions those test articles must endure. Your work will help ensure test systems are safe, reliable, maintainable, and ready to provide customers with the data needed to validate aerospace system performance and flight worthiness.

Open to external candidates

A Role with Dynamic Responsibilities

This is a technical role within a systems-management-driven team. You will contribute across the lifecycle of facility and test-support systems—from supporting requirements development and field assessments to assisting with troubleshooting equipment, developing maintenance procedures, and documenting system configuration.

One day, you may support equipment inspections and technical data reviews; the next, help investigate equipment malfunction and coordinate corrective actions with engineering, operations, and craft personnel. We are seeking a versatile, proactive engineering technologist who enjoys solving practical problems in an industrial and test operations environment.

Job Duties:

• Apply sound technical practices, established procedures, and practical problem-solving skills to support safe, reliability, and effective operation of facility and test-support systems.
• Support engineers and project teams in the preparation, interpretation, review, and maintenance of technical documentation, including drawings, specifications, equipment data sheets, work packages, procedures, calculations, and reports.
• Conduct field walkdowns, equipment inspections, and condition assessments to verify system configuration, identify discrepancies, and support maintenance or modification planning.
• Assist with installation, startup, checkout, troubleshooting, and operational readiness activities for mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, control, and data-acquisition systems.
• Collect, organize, and analyze equipment-performance, maintenance, and operational data to identify trends, support reliability improvements, and document technical findings.
• Develop or revise maintenance procedures, operating instructions, inspection checklists, equipment records, and other technical work products under established engineering processes and supervisory direction.
• Support procurement and project execution activities by assisting with material identification, equipment evaluations, technical data reviews, cost estimates, field verification, and coordination with vendors or craft personnel.
• Participate in anomaly investigations, troubleshooting efforts, and causal-analysis activities by gathering facts, reviewing available data, documenting findings, and supporting development of corrective actions.
• Coordinate with engineering, operations, maintenance, project management, safety, and craft workforce personnel to support system readiness and planned maintenance activities.
• Communicate technical information, equipment status, maintenance needs, and findings to team members, BNH management, Air Force customers, and other stakeholders, as appropriate.
• Maintain awareness of and comply with applicable safety, quality, configuration-control, maintenance, and work-control processes.
• It is a condition of employment to wear personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with supervisory direction and company policy.
• Perform other duties as required.

Basic Qualifications:

• BS degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology, Electromechanical Engineering Technology, or a closely related engineering technology discipline from an accredited institution.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain an active security clearance and maintain authorized user access to the AEDC local area network.
• S. Citizenship is required due to federal government contract compliance requirements and the necessity to access secure federal databases and networks on Arnold Air Force Base.

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on experience supporting mechanical, electrical, industrial controls, instrumentation, data-acquisition, compressed-air, hydraulic, vacuum, utility, or similar large-scale industrial systems.
• Experience with system startups, field engineering support, test operations, equipment maintenance, plant operations, installation oversight, or troubleshooting in a large industrial or technical environment.
• Familiarity with preventive and corrective maintenance practices, work-control processes, configuration management, and technical documentation.
• Experience working effectively with engineers, operators, maintenance personnel, technicians, and craft workforce teams.
• Ability to work in a dynamic environment and adjust priorities to accomplish mission objectives.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to clearly communicate technical information to technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to track actions, document progress, and support multiple concurrent tasks.
• Demonstrated initiative, technical curiosity, and commitment to learning complex systems.
• Active Department of Defense Secret security clearance.

Who You Are

• You thrive in an environment where no two days are the sameand are motivated by the challenge of solving diverse technical problems.
• You are a multi-talented engineerwho is not afraid to wear multiple hats and enjoys seeing a project through from concept to completion.
• You are a lifelong learnerwith a flexible mindset, capable of shifting between analytical design work and hands-on, practical application.
• You possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with technical and non-technical teams.
• If you are a problem-solver who is ready to make a tangible impact on the future of aerospace and defense, we encourage you to apply.

What We Offer

• Competitive salaries
• Continuing education assistance
• Multiple healthcare benefits packages
• 401K with employer matching
• Paid time off (PTO) along with a federally recognized holiday schedule

Who We Are

Beyond New Horizons (BNH) is a fully populated joint venture of Astrion and Fluor Federal Services, Inc. formed to provide unmatched Test Operations and Sustainment services for the Arnold Engineering Development Complex.

We chose our name to serve as an enduring reminder of our commitment to AEDC’s rich aerospace research and development legacy anchored in AEDC’s Toward New Horizons founding study and the unprecedented opportunities to greatly expand AEDC’s capabilities and capacity Beyond those existing today. Leveraging the capabilities of our parent companies, BNH specializes in testing and evaluation for military and space systems combined with proven capability in large-scale Government program management, integration, engineering, and construction services for specialized and technically advanced high-hazard facilities.

Join our Team!

U.S. Citizenship is required. At this time BNH will not sponsor any applicants for employment authorization or offer any immigration related support for this position (i.e. H1b, F1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, F-1 CPT, J-1, E-2, E-3, L-1, or other forms of work authorization that require immigration support from an employer).

The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations and refers to the amount BNH is willing to pay at the time of this posting. Salaries for part-time jobs will be adjusted based upon the number of hours agreed to work at the Tennessee location.

L06: $70,000 - $92,000; L07: $80,500 - $107,500/ year at Arnold Air Force Base, TN. 

BNH is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, veteran status, and any other grounds for discrimination prohibited by applicable law.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.