Senior Electrical Test Engineer

Description

About Barber-Nichols: Barber-Nichols (BN) is a premier provider of custom turbo machinery solutions serving the Defense, Aerospace, Cryogenics, and Energy industries. Our team consists of industry leaders who collaborate closely with equally accomplished customers to deliver technologies that advance their markets and establish enduring partnerships. At BN, we foster a results‑driven environment that values professional growth, rewards achievement, and supports innovation. From designing the blower for NASA’s Dragonfly mission to Saturn’s moon Titan to engineering critical components for the U.S. Navy’s MK‑48 program, BN’s portfolio spans some of the most exciting and impactful projects in the world.

For those seeking to contribute to impactful projects alongside a highly skilled team, BN offers an exceptional place to build your career.

The Senior Electrical Test Engineer owns the production test development, design for test analysis, test execution, and troubleshooting of power, digital, and analog circuits across product platforms. Primarily the product platforms consist of the regulator and alternator for the MK48 heavyweight torpedo and motor controllers in the 100W to 50kW range within Space, Defense, Energy and Thermal Management product categories.

• 1. Troubleshoot product test failures, identify resolution and complete supporting documentation for adequate data traceability.
• 2. Define test processes to facilitate test to internal and customer requirements.
• 3. Design, develop and produce test equipment and processes to achieve production test requirements.
• 4. Estimate costs to develop test processes and perform testing.
• 5. Author procedures and processes to verify requirements and ensure timely delivery of high-quality product.
• 6. Collaborate with other departments to ensure that information and data transfers effectively to meet customer needs and organizational objectives.
  • a. Coordinate with design resources as required to design custom test components
  • b. Coordinate with Strategic Sourcing to identify, qualify and scope vendors required for outside testing.
  • c. Coordinate with vendors as needed for testing to ensure lead times can be met.
  • d. Verify and validate that the equipment used in testing is calibrated and in good condition to ensure the quality of the test.
  • e. Lead test readiness review with Project Management, Engineering, Production and Quality to ensure program is ready for test per the test plan.
  • f. Plan and conduct technical and safety reviews prior to testing to ensure the quality of the product and safety of employees is maintained.

To qualify for this position, an individual must possess the knowledge, training, experience, and abilities required.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Minimum of eight years related experience testing, troubleshooting and developing test processes for power electronics and/or associated peripheral circuits.
• Experience with circuit analysis, schematic capture, layout, board level designs, and verification.
• Testing experience with FPGAs/Processors, filters, amplifiers, ADCs, DACs, transformers, and gate drive of FETs and/or IGBTs.
• Knowledge of Printed Circuit Board design, layout, and manufacturing.
• Experience with test tools and equipment including:
  National Instruments, hipot, Megger, oscilloscopes, multimeters.
• Experience with simulation tools such as LTSpice, MATLAB/Simulink, and others.
• Proficiency with CAD tools for schematic capture such as Altium Designer.

• Must be willing to work overtime as required
• Travel up to 10% of working time.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a multi-disciplinary product development team environment.
• Experience testing to multiple standards:
• MIL-STD-810
• CE
• ATEX
• NASA

• Motor control experience
• EMI/EMC testing and mitigation techniques.
• Experience with C++, Python.

• Strong mentor/coaching capability to team members and across departments
• Comprehensive electronics skills specifically as it relates to troubleshooting low volume devices.
• Excellent…