Operations Engineer

Fiore Industries, Inc. (“Fiore”) is seeking a Facility Operations Engineer (“OE”) for its subcontract with Peraton, in supporting its Deep Space Network (DSN) and Maintenance O&M contract with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and NASA. The Deep Space Network is NASA’s international array of giant radio antennas that supports interplanetary spacecraft missions, plus a few that orbit the Earth. The DSN also provides radar and radio astronomy observations that improve our understanding of the solar system and larger universe.

The DSN Facilities Power Operations Engineer (OE) is responsible for sustaining and supporting the development of the Power assemblies in the Facilities and Antenna Subsystems serving NASA’s Deep Space Communications Complexes (DSCCs) in Australia, Spain and California. The Power assemblies encompass Low-Voltage & Medium-Voltage Power Distribution, Protection, and Generation equipment amongst other assemblies. Facilities Engineering also provides critical support for the Signal Processing Centers (SPCs) and Multi-frequency Antennas at each of three complexes.

The candidate will assist in the planning, reviewing designs, analyzing, cost estimating, maintaining and overall technical direction of the subsystem in support of the DSN, Development, Operations and Service Office (DDOSO), Office 925 at NASA’s JPL.

The role is located at Peraton’s offices in Monrovia, California, with opportunity for working remotely, if a local resident. The role requires travel to client site in Southern California.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Cognizant Development Engineer in project implementation of repairing or replacing existing systems. The candidate may be expected to take the technical lead in the implementation of smaller projects involving research and coordinating with subcontractors to achieve project milestones.
• Fundamental understanding in power distribution, generation, and protection is a must to ensure safety of equipment, operations, and personnel. This includes creating Arc Flash Evaluations and Short-circuit studies to identify power system is up to date with NFPA 70E. Coordination and Time Current Curves evaluations are also expected within the role.
• Candidate must have capability to troubleshoot unexpected unknowns during a modification project. Candidate should be able to read, understand, and mark-up wiring diagrams, schematics, and documentation to record how the system was modified or as-built.
• Provide technical assistance and guidance to operations and maintenance personnel for issues on Power systems. Support facility, consultants and field technicians in different time zones as required and creating an analysis and resolution on system problems.
• Power OE shall serve as a test engineer during commissioning of new power projects; this includes occasional travel as necessary.
• Maintain and review files/operational data/records related to configuration assets. Keep overview of DSN power maintenance and schedule downtimes accordingly and efficiently amongst other tasks.
• Verify and ensure that new power system deliveries are compatible with existing building infrastructure and codes. Identify equipment spares and product obsolescence. Maintain vendor/distributor communication with regards to Field Service Bulletins.
• Assist in planning, design, analysis, cost estimating, sparing, and overall technical directions of the subsystem. Assist site administrators with cybersecurity requirements as needed per assembly.
• Support the DSN Engineering Change Management (ECM) Board in the development, evaluation and costing of Engineering Change Requests (ECRs), the preparation and delivery of Engineering Change Orders (ECOs) or Modification Kits (Modkits), and the troubleshooting, resolution and closure of Discrepancy Reports (DRs).
• The candidate will be expected to quickly familiarize themselves with the forms and functions of the DSN Power assemblies in both the Facilities and Antenna Subsystems, working closely in coordination with supporting electrical and control engineers, as well as with operations personnel at the DSCCs.
• Possess a working knowledge of NFPA, NETA, IEEE, and other relevant codes/standards and always be in compliance.
• Possess experience working with maintenance reports, trending analysis, and specifying equipment replacements.
• Review, archive, plot, recommend, and report concerns related to oil sampling reports on Medium Voltage Transformers. Identify lead times for transformer and other critical equipment. Identify and eliminate single point of failure distribution points within the subsystem.
• Must possess and demonstrate excellent oral and written communications skills, and a working knowledge of MS Office Suite. Presentation skills are a must as we are expected to present occasionally to our customer.