Electrical Test Engineer

Senior Electrical Test Engineer / Electrical Test Technician

Location: Irvine, CA – Onsite

Job Description:

• Hands‑on experience in a repair station, troubleshooting returned units that are in service.
• Open‑box troubleshooting: observe and test circuit boards to identify components not functioning as intended.
• Run thermal and vibration testing with electronic units with oscilloscope monitoring on targeted data lines.
• Write and submit Engineering Investigation Reports/FARs to GAC via SEM.
• Learn how to test for known issues with existing product lines.
• Develop troubleshooting tests for emerging issues with new and existing product lines.
• Interface with the Project Engineer to support technical meetings with customers and prioritize FARs to prevent AOG situations.
• Interface with GAR engineers to discuss findings and investigation status.
• Access R‑Card repair shop data, interpret test findings and failure observations on the database and on test data sheets.
• Interface with the Materials and Processes lab to submit lab evaluation requests and interpret findings to the hydraulic component level.
• Collect, organize, and interpret all component test results, failure observations, SIL testing, engineering‑directed testing, and lab analysis.
• Provide engineering‑directed test and inspection instructions in R‑Card to assembly and test technicians in Ogden and Dublin.
• Generate FARs per the GAC approved format to correlate findings with aircraft‑level faults.
• Determine if the failure mode is atypical and may need trend monitoring.
• Work performed in the Customer Support Engineering office in Irvine, CA.
• Business travel may be required to Savannah, Ogden or Dublin repair stations; travel up to 5 days.

• Mid‑Senior level

• Contract

• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing

• Medical insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Paid maternity leave
• Paid paternity leave