Engineering Technician V
Part-timeGroton, CTPart-time$145–160K/yrPosted 1w agoStill listed today
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AMERICAN SYSTEMS is seeking an Engineering Technician V to perform laboratory testing and analysis, support engineering tasks, and produce technical documentation. The role focuses on submarine ship control systems, hydrodynamics, and maneuvering, including evaluating control-system performance and analyzing simulation and experimental data. The technician also assembles prototypes and operates test equipment. Candidates need a high school diploma, 20+ years of submarine Ship Control Systems experience, and an active Secret clearance.
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Overview
AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned federal government contractor supporting national priority programs through our strategic solutions in the areas of Information Technology, Test & Evaluation, Program Mission Support, Engineering & Analysis, and Training.
Responsibilities
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Performs research and engineering laboratory functions involving the testing, analysis and evaluation of materials and processes.
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Provides technical support to engineers on a variety of technical tasks.
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Analyzes technical data to determine applicability to design problems; selects from several possible design layouts; calculates design data; and prepares layouts, detailed specifications, parts lists, estimates, procedures, etc.
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Gathers, maintains, formats, compiles, and manipulates technical data, such as laboratory or material test results and engineering design changes.
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Produces engineering documentation, reports, drawings (flow charts, block diagrams, and schematics).
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Performs detailed mathematical calculations using established formulas; preliminary analyses of data where guidelines are provided in such areas as trajectory adequacy, model dimensional consistency; and quantitative judgments concerning technical data.
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Uses personal computer in performance of analyses and development of documentation/reports.
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Assembles electrical and electronic systems and prototypes according to engineering data and knowledge of electrical principles, using hand tools and measuring instruments.
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Sets up and operates test equipment to evaluate performance of developmental parts, assemblies, or systems under simulated operating conditions, and records results.
Qualifications
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High School diploma and 20+ years of experience in submarine Ship Control Systems
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Active Secret clearance
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Extensive knowledge of research and development practices as they relate to submarines, hydrodynamics, and maneuvering
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Ability to analyze simulation and experimental data using Python, Java, Labview or similar analysis tools software
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Ability to evaluate control system performance using simulation approaches
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Ability to interact with NAVSEA Hydrodynamics and Ship Control Technical Warrants and Program Offices in support of identifying solutions to complex hydrodynamic and ship control problems
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Extensive of Submarine Ship Control System Program and technical and safety requirements relative to test and evaluation
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Expert level knowledge of the Maneuvering and Control SCS Program Standard Operating Procedures and Plans
Pay Transparency Statement AMERICAN SYSTEMS is committed to pay transparency for our applicants and employee-owners. The salary range for this position is USD $145,000.00/Yr. - USD $160,000/Yr. Actual compensation will be determined based on several factors permitted by law. AMERICAN SYSTEMS provides for the welfare of its employees and their dependents through a comprehensive benefits program by offering healthcare benefits, paid leave, retirement plans, insurance programs, and education and training assistance. EEO Statement EEO Race/Sex/Disability Status/Veteran Status
How this job compares
Set against the 1,905 open Engineering Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$145–160K/yr
- US median$65–100K/yr441 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $153K, is 88% above the US median midpoint ($81K) — in the top quarter of Engineering Technician salary ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 14 open Engineering Technician jobs in Connecticut and 1,905 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 20 years of experience — more than three in four Engineering Technician postings that state a minimum ask for (median 2 years, across 1,445 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 729 of the 1,905 open Engineering Technician jobs (38%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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