Test Engineer

As a Test Engineer, you will support the Test team in design, analysis, assembly, testing and prototyping of flight hardware for spacecraft and/or mechanisms. Working within the test engineering group, you’ll be tasked with identifying issues, non-conformances to requirements, investigating design problems, providing justification of decision making, and bringing a sound technical approach. This position will allow you to work independently and exercise your judgment, as well as be part of a cross-specialty team to solve the engineering problems that accompany hardware in space.

• Manage and maintain test documentation and hardware for precision assemblies
• Take ownership and maintain documentation for complex, high-reliability assemblies
• Interpret system diagrams and requirements for test definition
• Plan, design, execute, and perform preventive maintenance for required Ground Support Equipment (GSE) and Data Acquisition (DAQ) systems
• Identify, document, and troubleshoot electrical and mechanical issues in the assembly, integration and test cycles
• Perform standard operating procedures, execute tests, and document test results, including functional testing, life testing, vibration, thermal vacuum (TVAC)/Thermal, and launch integration
• Design and develop automated scripts and supporting test equipment for streamlined test and production
• Characterize test data to formulate general failure modes and categorization of pass/fail criteria
• Work with engineers to troubleshoot and solve technical issues
• Be willing to cross-train in multiple specialty areas
• Provide input for continuous process improvement to develop more refined ways of manufacturing, assembly, integration, and test of assembly parts and components

• BS degree in an engineering or other technical discipline
• 2+ years working in an engineering field and/or precision mechanical assembly environment