Sr. Test Engineer

Blue Canyon Technologies, RTX's small satellite manufacturer and mission services provider, is solving some of the toughest challenges in space. Our components and bus platforms have completed missions ranging from very-low Earth orbits to lunar and interplanetary journeys at a fraction of the cost of traditional space systems. We support premier defense, commercial and civil organizations including the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, NASA, MIT Lincoln Lab, the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Colorado and more.

Join our innovative and dynamic company as we build, test and operate the small spacecraft of the future.

Position

Purpose:

The Sr. Test Engineer has the responsibility of supporting test engineering tasks associated with the development, qualification, and acceptance testing efforts of components and/or spacecraft systems. This engineer would be working in a team environment, sometimes with remote team members, engaging in test and support of flight spacecraft electronics. This engineer would be interacting directly with flight hardware electronics in a lab environment.

Development work will span test procedure development, writing and reviewing other’s automated test scripts, test equipment design, and executing tests using aerospace standard approaches. Other responsibilities may include data review and sign off, as well as mentorship and training to peers. This engineer has vast experience with test engineering best practices and applies those to testing, troubleshooting, debugging, and new development.

Title:

Senior Test Engineer

Position Type:

Full Time

Pay Range: $108,000 - $155,000

(Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.)

On-site position at our Boulder, CO location (work locations are subject to change based on business need).

• Employer sponsored health, dental, and vision benefits effective the first of the month following hire date
• Life insurance
• 401k (matching 4% with a minimum 5% contribution)
• Generous PTO (3 weeks of vacation + 3 floating holidays, 2 weeks of sick time, 7 paid holidays throughout the year) and parental leave

• Work in a fast-paced team environment
• Lead the integration and test of components and/orspacecraft systems
• Write, review, update, and implement test procedures
• Execute, develop,modify, and reviewtest scripts
• Maintain required test engineering logsand records
• Maintain a regular and predictable work schedule (with possible supporton nights & weekends)
• Establish andmaintaineffective working relationships within the department,as well as other departments atthecompany. Interact appropriately with others tomaintaina positive and productive work environment
• Use various testing equipment, standards, and methodologies tosupportcomplextesting,verification and validation, and troubleshootingofcomponents and/orsystems
• Preparecomplex and professional test plans, test procedures, and test reportsin order todemonstratecompliance to system requirements.
• Readschematics, use service manuals, follow test procedures, and use logical trouble shooting techniques
• Provide mentorship and guidance for team.
  
  Mayassistin training new team members.
• May function as a recognized technical leader on a project or product.
• May be asked toparticipatein Data Reviewprocessto include EIDP creationifrequired
• May be asked toassistwith prioritization of work out to team.
• May include personnel management responsibilities
• Other responsibilities as assigned

• Experience with hardware testing using oscilloscopes,multimetersand logic analyzers
• Experience with writing and executing manual and/or automated test procedures
• Experience with programming languages such asMATLAB,Ruby (COSMOS), and/or Python or similar
• Ability to work independently withminimaldirection and to be a self-starter
• Experience with component and/orspacecraft level system integration and test
• Thorough understandinganddemonstratedproficiencyof engineering principles and practices
• Experience working in multi-disciplinary design and development teams
• Bachelor of…