Data Acquisition Engineer

Qualis LLC is seeking a Data Acquisition Engineer, your expertise will provide valuable insight in the development, test, and certification of propulsion systems at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. You will also provide insight for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program as a part of a multi-discipline team with the charter to assure flight safety for America’s next generation of manned Low-Earth Orbit launch vehicles.

Essential Duties:

• Engage with propulsion system development teams to provide support related to basic data management and data analysis of high-speed data acquired from engine and component level testing of advanced propulsion systems. 

• Acquire, convert, process, and package high speed data from propulsion system testing, as well as reviewing and verifying the results.

• Provide hardware support related to the Multi-Channel Integrated Dynamic Data Acquisition System (MIDDAS) and the Real-Time Vibration Monitoring System (RTVMS) during engine and component level testing. 

• Provide MIDDAS and RTVMS hardware and software maintenance, software enhancements and implement hardware upgrades on an as needed basis, as well as provide operational support of these two systems - including system installation and setup, operation during test, and validation and delivery of test data.

Required Qualifications:

• BS degree from an ABET accredited institution in Mechanical, Aerospace, or Electrical Engineering,  and a minimum of 10 years of experience. 

• Experience in the application of digital signal analysis techniques on high-speed test data is required.

• Proficiency in Python software development, as well as experience in signal analysis and processing is required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with the signal processing software PC-Signal is highly desired.

• Proficiency in Matlab code development is also desired.

• Experience in the development and application of high-speed data acquisition hardware (such as National Instruments) is desired.