Job Description:

• 1) Installs, adjusts, and repairs recording and control instruments and structural components in experimental rocket sleds according to blueprints, using handtools, power tools, and test equipment: Mounts instruments, such as telemetering transmitter, strain gauges, and cameras on sled, using portable power drill, handtools, and soldering iron.

• 2) Inspects firing control circuits, instruments, and recording systems, using test equipment, such as ammeter, voltmeter, and oscilloscope.

• 3) Adjusts test settings for hydraulic or other braking mechanism.

• 4) Positions and secures ballast in sled to obtain specified weight distribution and balance.

• 5) Repairs firing control mechanisms, recording systems, and other structural and mechanical parts and devices after test completion, using handtools, power tools, and welding equipment.

• 6) May modify rocket motors or related hardware, using metal or composite reforming tools or welding equipment.