Peraton provides management and technical support for NASA’s scientific balloon program which supports enabling science missions for NASA and universities across the United States and foreign scientific communities. Scientific balloon missions provide researchers inexpensive, relatively quick, long duration access to near space altitudes and environments. Balloon missions cost orders of magnitude less than satellite missions and provide platforms for heavy experiments (some greater than 5000-lbs) to operate for weeks and even months. Balloon missions have provided significant science theories and discoveries about cosmic rays, gamma ray and x-ray astronomy, optical and UV astronomy, atmospheric sciences, and cosmic microwave background studies.  

Our staff are located at the Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility (CSBF) in Palestine, TX where we design, analyze, build and assembly the support hardware and balloon gondola payloads for the missions. We launch the balloons from locations within the United States (Texas, New Mexico, and Hawaii) and around the world including Antarctica, Sweden, New Zealand, and Australia. Our engineers and technician staff support the launches and balloon and payload recoveries in the US and many worldwide locations. Peraton’s NASA Balloon Operations Contract (NBOC) program is seeking an Electrical Technician to join our team in Palestine, Texas.

We are hiring a Technician/Operator Supervisor responsible for planning and overseeing daily operations of the Operations Control Canter staff. This role involves overseeing scheduling, mentoring, training, and optimizing proficiency of the OCC staff. This role requires strong leadership, excellent communication skills, and a keen understanding of Balloon Program process and procedure implementation and operation.

Responsibilities:

• Supervise and manage daily activities of a group of technicians and operators.
• Work with operations management in planning and managing Operations Control Center staff and monitoring activities.
• Serve as lead in providing electronic and monitoring support.
• Provide technical assistance to subordinates, co-workers, and customers.
• Train and mentor team members to enhance their skills and performance.
• Address and resolve any team issues promptly.

Required Qualifications:

• High School and a minimum of six years’ experience as a technician/lead.
• Certified in ISO JSTD-001 Requirements for Soldered Electrical and Electronic Assemblies and ISO WHMA-A-620 Requirements and Acceptance for Cable and Wire Harness Assemblies
• Certified NASA Ordnance Handler
• Proficient with Deltek Costpoint enterprise resource planning software.
• Must be able to travel to support campaigns in various locations around the world.
• Must be a US citizen and have or be able to obtain a passport.
• Will need the ability to pass the NSF Physical (Medical) requirement to work in Antarctica

Desired Qualifications:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong problem-solving abilities and attention to detail
• Skills in record keeping for documentation purposes.