Test Engineer- Electronics

Test Engineer – Electronics

Fort Walton Beach, FL

Crane Aerospace & Electronics supplies critical systems and components to the aerospace and defense markets. Our Fort Walton Beach location is home to the Defense Power business, a leading supplier of high‑power solutions for aerospace & defense applications. We provide custom radar, directed energy and electric warfare solutions for next‑generation military platforms.

The Test Engineer works independently and uses original thinking and established procedures to research, plan, design, and develop products for the aerospace or electronics marketplace. The role involves new product designs, modernization, upgrades, and extensive analysis to ensure cost, quality, and customer requirements are met. Computer‑assisted engineering and design software is used daily to apply scientific and mathematical principles to develop economical solutions to technical problems.

• Work effectively with all functional groups to achieve product performance and cost targets. Build quality and manufacturability into the design. Define and comply with company and regulatory guidelines to assure a safe operating environment.
• Support continuous process improvement activities including Kaizen and 5S practices to ensure an organized and efficient working environment, and personal development.
• Demonstrate proficiency with verbal and written English for technical reports, presentations, analyses, or other communications at the appropriate level throughout the organization.
• Understand, decompose, and define product and process requirements to support product development, sustaining, and R&D.
• Plan, estimate, prioritize, and manage work activities to support project schedules and budgets.
• Utilize experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Produce thorough and accurate design and development work that meets all customer specifications and company requirements for schedule, cost, producibility, quality, and reliability.
• Utilize proficient problem‑solving processes, documentation, tools, and analyses to quickly identify root causes and corrective actions for technical challenges and issues supporting product development and sustaining assignments.
• Generate and review product development documentation including proposals, technical reports, procedures, correspondence, etc. required to satisfy customer and program requirements.
• Self‑directed and motivated while working and communicating effectively within a team environment that consists of several engineering, operations, quality, and business disciplines.
• Provide support for IPT activities in collaboration with other technical, operations, quality, and business disciplines.
• Design test equipment hardware and software, select and procure equipment necessary to obtain desired results and accuracy, integrate and/or build automated test systems of low or medium complexity. Design, code, and debug computer/data acquisition systems necessary for automated testing.
• Provide design package consisting of written description, detailed wiring and schematics, pictures, component lists, etc., such that test equipment and test systems can be accurately reconstructed. Perform written documentation, configuration control, and validation of all hardware and software generated. Assure that test data generated is neat, organized, accurate, and archived properly.
• Generate test procedures from specifications. Perform calculations to establish test equipment specifications, test setup, and test limits. Anticipate and mitigate unexpected and potentially hazardous events that could occur during a test.
• Any other task assigned by supervisor or management.

• Experience:
  
  5+ years of relevant work experience.
• Education/Certification:
  
  BA or BS Degree in an engineering discipline (Master’s or PhD preferred).
• Knowledge:
  • Hardware design experience including analog and digital circuit design.
  • Microprocessor / microcontroller design.
  • Automated test system design and programming of data acquisition systems.
  • Software development and verification.
  • Product/equipment requirements development and test procedures development.
  • Configura…