The Test Facilities Operation, Maintenance and Engineering (TFOME) contract at the NASA Glenn Research Center provides engineering and technical services in the aeropropulsion and space propulsion and power test facilities. Our goal is to create a short-term entry-level work program for employment of graduating high school students who attend vocational trade schools and desire a technical career in the fields of mechanics, electronics, electrical, and manufacturing (machining & metal fabrication, instrumentation, and welding) in a research environment. These offerings will connect trade school academics to a hands-on experience in the workplace through job shadowing and internships.
Principal Job duties
Train under mentors to gain entry-level exposure in an Aeronautics /Aerospace R&D environment. Candidates will gain exposure and work experiences by spending their time working on relevant projects, learning about the field, and developing technical skills that relate to the overall testing, operation, and maintenance of unique research test facilities located at the NASA Glenn Research Center. Training is trade specific and may include design, fabrication, assembly, testing, repair, preventative maintenance, and troubleshooting of research and developmental test hardware associated with aeronautical, mechanical, manufacturing, electrical or electronic applications.
Training is trade specific and may include design, fabrication, assembly, testing, repair, preventative maintenance, and troubleshooting of research and developmental test hardware associated with aeronautical, mechanical, manufacturing, electrical or electronic applications.

Sierra Lobo, Inc. is an engineering and technical services company dedicated to excellence in service and committed to maintaining a highly qualified staff. Our mission is to lead the development of advanced technologies in all modes of transportation: land, air, sea, and space. In the achievement of our goals, Sierra Lobo creates new technologies and develops new, innovative, and cost-effective approaches to satisfy the desire of the human race to explore.
Sierra Lobo has an extensive history of designing and building complex R&D hardware, including demonstrated capabilities for building aerospace flight hardware for major aerospace corporations. We offer a state-of-the-art engineering, fabrication, and testing facility in Milan, Ohio and Pasadena, California. We are an Hispanic-American owned Small Disadvantaged Business, incorporated in the State of Ohio.