Test Engineer , Component

ABOUT FIREFLY AEROSPACE Firefly Aerospace is a space and defense technology company that enables our world to launch, land, and operate in space – anywhere, anytime. As the partner of choice for critical space missions, Firefly is the only commercial company to launch a satellite to orbit with 24-hour notice and the only company to achieve a successful Moon landing. Our launch vehicles, lunar landers, and orbital vehicles provide government and commercial customers with full mission services from low Earth orbit to the Moon and beyond.

Headquartered in north Austin, Texas, Firefly is looking for passionate, hardworking innovators to join our team and help fuel our successful trajectory into space.

SUMMARY This Level I position is for an engineer who has developed a foundation in aerospace testing, operations, or a related engineering environment and is ready to take greater ownership of test execution and test system development. Test Engineer II’s applying for this role can expect to work on Firefly's Component Test Stand. Test Engineers partner with responsible engineers from across all programs (Alpha, A330/MLV, Blue Ghost and Elytra) and across the company to test and validate hardware in the pursuit of developing, qualifying, and accepting flight components.

Firefly is a new aerospace company, full of creative and talented people, and the engineers in Launch and Test are the where the “Lox hits the TEA-TEB”.Engineers on this team are responsible for not just partnering with their fellow engineers to hash out plans to test components to their flight-like limits, but also developing the required infrastructure, mechanical, electrical and software, to support these tests.

Engineers are expected to be fast on their feet, adaptive and responsive to challenges. They are expected to be in the field, working in hands on and time sensitive applications. Operations Engineers are expected to be self-sufficient, driven and highly motivated engineers up for learning new skills and taking on challenges to excel.

RESPONSIBILITIES Work with RE’s to develop test procedures and execute test plans on console for a wide range of valves, mechanisms, COPV’s, and other aerospace components

Integrate test articles into our existing fluid and data systems to hit required pressures, temperatures, and data measurement requirements

Design and develop automated scripts to streamline test operations

Identify and execute improvement opportunities for the test stand and our processes to increase operational cadence and reliability

Analyze and review data to ensure that hardware is operating as expected utilizing numerical data analysis tools to interpret test results

Participate in resolving any issues and non-conformances that arise during operations, and support failure and anomaly investigations, troubleshooting and resolution development

Ensure all operations are performed on time, safely, and in a professional manner

Develop and execute system validations, activations, upgrades and other tests required to ensure your stand is ready to support testingQUALIFICATIONSRequiredBS in Engineering or related engineering discipline

Typically 0-2 or more years of relevant engineering experience in testing, operations, manufacturing, integration, launch operations, or a related technical environment

Demonstrated experience executing engineering work in a hands-on operational environment

Independent, driven and able to develop solutions with minimal guidance and oversight

Works well in a collaborative multidisciplinary environment with exceptional verbal and written communication skills

Ability to read, understand, and develop P&IDs Exceptional comprehension of engineering fundamentals – particularly fluid dynamics and basic…