Project Test Engineer

Responsibilities

• Support vehicle test and transportation activities associated with transition out of storage, post-storage checkout, compatibility testing, shipment preparation, delivery, and integrated test campaigns.
• Cook up with engineering, integration and test, operations, logistics, quality, safety, and project stakeholders to plan and execute assigned work.
• Develop, update, and maintain engineering products such as work packages, procedures, test plans, readiness documentation, status products, and closeout materials.
• Help identify, track, and resolve technical, schedule, integration, and execution issues affecting vehicle and ground activities.
• Support pre-test, test, and post-test activities, including pathfinding, rehearsals, configuration coordination, anomaly resolution, and lessons learned capture.
• Aid with transportation and handling planning for vehicle, subsystem, or associated ground support equipment moves.
• Contribute to integrated test readiness and mission support planning for vehicle-level and mated system activities.
• Support development of operational concepts, console roles, processes, and training material needed to onboard and prepare future operations personnel.
• Provide day-to-day coordination and clear communication across multiple organizations to ensure work remains aligned to program priorities, milestones, and mission objectives.
• Grow into broader responsibilities supporting future operations staffing, certification, and surface mission readiness.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• This position has been posted at multiple levels (must meet minimum level indicated).
• Depending on the candidate's experience, requirements, and business needs, we reserve the right to consider candidates at any level for which this position has been advertised.
• This position requires US Citizenship or Permanent Resident status due to the sensitivity of customer related information.
• Must have a bachelor's degree in the field of engineering.
• Must have a minimum of 10 years of recent and related work experience.
• Experience supporting complex aerospace, flight hardware, test, integration, operations, or vehicle/system development activities.
• Experience working across multiple disciplines to coordinate technical work and drive execution.
• Experience developing or supporting engineering documentation, procedures, plans, or readiness products.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-moving environment.

Desired

• Experience with NASA or human spaceflight/project engineering processes.
• Experience supporting rover, vehicle, spacecraft, payload, or other complex system integration and test.
• Experience with hardware handling, transportation, GSE, pathfinding, or environmental/functional test campaigns.
• Experience supporting readiness reviews, anomaly resolution, or integrated test execution.
• Experience with operations concept development, console operations, training development, or certification planning.
• Familiarity with configuration-controlled environments and disciplined engineering execution.
• Ability to balance near-term execution needs with longer-range program growth.