Lunar Surface Test Engineer

Responsibilities

• Lead test planning and development of test methods for lunar-regolith, dust, and other nonstandard environments where established protocols are limited or unavailable.
• Contribute to verification test plans and write detailed test procedures for development, prototype, environmental, and qualification testing.
• Design and implement test setups, including fixtures, instrumentation, data acquisition systems, calibration approaches, and data uncertainty analyses.
• Lead hands-on integration, test safety and readiness, debugging, and execution of testing, including contamination and configuration control for test articles, procedures, and data.
• Analyze and report test results, support correlation with models and analysis, and use results to inform design improvements, simulant development, and future test approaches.

Required Qualifications

• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Physics, or a related technical field.
• 4+ years of experience planning, executing, or supporting development, prototype, environmental, or qualification testing for hardware systems.
• Hands-on experience designing, building, or integrating test setups, fixtures, instrumentation, data acquisition systems, or related test hardware.
• Experience developing test procedures, supporting test planning, and analyzing test data to assess performance against test objectives or requirements.
• Excellent verbal, written, and communication skills with a keen attention to detail.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment.

Desired Qualifications

• M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Spacecraft Systems Engineering, Space Resources, or a related technical subject area.
• Experience with structural, environmental, or mechanism testing for space or other extreme-environment hardware.
• Experience with planetary, soil, particulate, dust, or regolith simulant testing.
• Experience designing mechanical hardware, fixtures, test beds, or support equipment for development or qualification testing.
• Experience with instrumentation selection, calibration, data acquisition systems, and uncertainty analysis.
• Working knowledge of lunar regolith behavior, planetary surface environments, or related surface operations constraints.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, short and long-term disability, and other benefits.
• Paid Time Off: Flexible PTO policy with paid company holidays.