Electrical Engineer

Company: NTS - National Technical Systems
Location: Pittsfield
Posted on: January 2, 2020

Job Description:

This is an opportunity to join a highly regarded company with a world-wide reputation for excellence in our technology areas.--Successful candidates will have the opportunity to "think outside the box" and suggest clever solutions to unusual protection design constraints, and to oversee a project's progress from planning to completion.--NTS Lightning Technologies performs research, design, test, consulting and training for protection of a wide variety of systems against the hazards of lightning and other electrical phenomena, especially to the aircraft and aerospace, defense, and alternative energy industries.--We are considered by many to be the world leaders in lightning protection design and simulated lightning protection verification testing.--------------------------Responsibilities include but are not limited to:--Simulated lightning tests on structures and electronic systems at our laboratory in Pittsfield, Massachusetts as well as at customer's facilitiesResearch into electrical properties of advanced materials on air vehicles in low and high altitude environmentsCalculations of electric and magnetic fields and interactions with systems Design of protection for a wide variety of air vehicles, ground facilities, and systemsPreparation of test and analysis reports and design guidelinesPreparation of certification plans to address airworthiness authority, IEC--or industrial requirements and standards----Minimum Education and Experience:--------------------BS Degree in Electrical Engineering or Physics with major study in one or more of the following areas: electro-magnetics, transients in electric circuits, high voltage phenomenology, ionization processes, electric power engineering. Any teaching experience with these is highly desirable------------------US Citizenship------------------Must have experience in lightning protection or testing------------------Ability to apply the first principles of physics to understand and predict lightning effects is important to success ---------------- Must have ExcelExperience in any of the following PSPICE, ANSOFT, COMSOL, MATLAB or similar computational tools are desirable------------------------Interest in hands-on laboratory test work and prior experience with oscilloscopes, and common hand tools (wrenches, wire strippers, etc.) and simple power tools------------------Ability to communicate in person is equally important, since the results of our work must be discussed frequently with our clients------------------Must be willing to travel up to 50%, including internationally

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