Test Equipment Engineer

Founded in 1918, Kearfott Corporation, a global Aerospace and Defense supplier for over 100 years, is a leader in the design and manufacture of precision motion control products and inertial navigation components. Kearfott has a very long history of innovation and excellence and is the go-to brand for many of our global clients. Kearfott is trusted, respected and plays a vital role in the success of America’s aerospace and defense industries.

With over a century of expertise & experience, Kearfott is dedicated to providing quality, reliability, and cutting-edge technology to customers worldwide to meet their sea, land, air, and space navigation and guidance requirements.

We are looking for talented individuals who want to be part of a world-class workforce. Join Kearfott and become part of a company that is recognized for technical expertise and respected world-wide as a ‘full service’ provider.

Kearfott Guidance and Navigation is seeking a Test Equipment Engineer to support, maintain, troubleshoot, improve, and document production test equipment and automated test stations.

The Test Equipment Engineer will serve as a primary technical point of contact for production test equipment after stations are installed and released for production. This individual will monitor test station status and readiness, investigate equipment issues, coordinate repairs and corrective actions, and ensure problems are resolved in a timely manner.

The engineer will also support the design, development, integration, and implementation of new test stations and major equipment upgrades. This includes providing input into software, electrical, and mechanical design; assisting with equipment and instrumentation selection; and helping ensure new systems are maintainable, reliable, and suitable for production use.

The Test Equipment Engineer is expected to troubleshoot the test system as a whole. This includes determining whether an issue originates from software, electrical hardware, mechanical components, instrumentation, cabling, fixtures, configuration, test procedures, or equipment operation. The engineer should be capable of identifying root cause and developing a reasonable repair or corrective-action plan.

When appropriate, the engineer may make minor software, configuration, electrical, or mechanical changes directly. For issues requiring specialized expertise, the engineer will work with the appropriate Software, Electrical, Mechanical, Systems, Manufacturing, Quality, or Production personnel to develop and implement a solution.

The position will support test stations used for production, qualification, certification, and acceptance testing of various products.

• Maintain the operational status, availability, reliability, and readiness of production test equipment.
• Serve as a technical point of contact for assigned production test stations and equipment.
• Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve test station failures and recurring equipment issues.
• Perform system-level troubleshooting to determine whether problems originate from hardware, software, instrumentation, cabling, fixtures, configuration, procedures, or equipment operation.
• Perform root-cause analysis and develop appropriate repair, corrective-action, or improvement plans.
• Repair, modify, or configure equipment when appropriate and coordinate with other engineering groups, technicians, vendors, or suppliers when specialized support is required.
• Support a variety of automated and semi-automated test equipment, including motion systems, power supplies, temperature-control equipment, data acquisition systems, instrumentation, fixtures, and custom test equipment.
• Support the redesign, rebuild, and improvement of existing test stations to…