Job Title: Instrument Technician

Location: Arnold AFB TN

Job Family Code:

Function/Branch: O & M/Hypersonic (ARCS) – 2nd Shift

Directorate: Test Ops

Position Type: Craft

Pay Type: A21

Grade: A21

Salary Range or Starting Hourly Rate: $38.44 - $42.71

Job Posting closes on August 4, 2026 at 11:59 PM CST

Job Summary

The successful candidate will under general supervision, calibrate and repairs various instruments for electrical and mechanical measurements used in aeronautical tests and research activities and in plant control.

Supplementary Functions: Participation in functional specific safety training.

Job Duties:

• Modifies, fabricates, maintains, repairs, and calibrates a with variety of mechanical, optical, electrical, electromechanical, and electronic indicating and recording instrument and precision measuring equipment
• Performs diagnostic and troubleshooting activities required to service discrete and digital logic instrument control systems
• Connect instruments to computers and recording devices
• Adjusts and calibrates instruments as directed and adapts them to new or extended uses
• Assists in servicing and adjusting computers, microprocessors, and peripheral devices
• Uses a wide variety of instruments, tools, and equipment necessary to perform assigned duties
• Works primarily in a laboratory or field equipment environment
• Assists in training lower-level technicians
• It is a condition of employment to wear PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) in accordance with supervisory direction and company policy.
• Performs other related duties as required

Basic Qualifications:

• Educational Equivalent: Must possess High School Diploma or equivalent
• Specific Knowledge or Experience: Four years of progressive experience in technical instrumentation with six months’ schooling in electronics or instrumentation field
• In-depth knowledge of operational characteristics of laboratory test instruments
• Licenses/Certifications: Valid State Driver’s License
• Communication Skills: Must be able to read, write, and speak English well enough to understand, give and take directions
• Must put forward professional behavior that enhances productivity and promotes teamwork and cooperation
• Current United States Citizenship required
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance and the AEDC local area network
• Current U. S. Citizenship required

Preferred Qualifications

• Active Secret clearance

What We Offer

• Competitive salaries
• Continuing education assistance
• Multiple healthcare benefits packages
• 401K with employer matching
• Paid time off (PTO) along with a federally recognized holiday schedule

Join our Team!

U.S. Citizenship is required. At this time BNH will not sponsor any applicants for employment authorization or offer any immigration related support for this position (i.e. H1b, F1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, F-1 CPT, J-1, E-2, E-3, L-1, or other forms of work authorization that require immigration support from an employer).

The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations and refers to the amount BNH is willing to pay at the time of this posting. Salaries for part-time jobs will be adjusted based upon the number of hours agreed to work.

Grade:$38.44 - $42.71; year at location Arnold AFB, TN