Test Engineer Supporting Satellite Payload Testing

Description

The Space Division at Leidos has an opening for a Test Engineer to work in our Huntsville, AL facility. This is an exciting opportunity to use your experience to develop and execute tests for verification and validation of flight hardware performance.

This position will be responsible for gathering requirements, defining test parameters, test stand design, hardware and instrumentation specification, and setup and operation of test stands. The candidate is required to perform test planning, test execution, scheduling, and resource management. The candidate will work with both ground support equipment and the flight hardware to perform the required test and gather test data for acceptance testing.

They will create test plans, procedures, and support engineering review boards. The candidate will work in an office and cleanroom environment.

• Requires Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering.
• Candidate must have a minimum of 4 years of related experience in hardware testing, data gathering, and instrumentation.
• Candidate must have experience in HW/SW interfaces and data gathering.
• Candidate should have demonstrated experience integrating ground support hardware into test environment to display and record test data.
• Candidate must have experience with data gathering using multiple types of sensors, typically recording voltage and/or current.
• Candidate should have experience with cabling, instrumentation, basic electrical knowledge of DC circuits, and troubleshooting skills.
• Candidate should have experience with writing and executing detailed step by step instructions.

• Experience working on NASA flight hardware is desired.
• Experience working in an AS9100 quality system is desired.
• Ability to work well with cross-functional teams, design engineers, analysts, manufacturing, project management and customer representatives
• Experience working in a cleanroom environment
• Excellent verbal/written communication skills, and ability to work with multiple interfaces
• Understanding and basic troubleshooting skills of test instrumentation.
• Experience with high pressure pneumatic systems and related components.
• Experience with hydraulic systems and components.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.