Senior Development Test Technician

Responsibilities

• Build, assemble, modify, and tear down complex development test stands, fixtures, and one-off engineering hardware
• Prepare test articles for development and qualification testing
• Execute static load, proof load, structural verification, leak checks, and subsystem development testing
• Assemble hydraulic, pneumatic, mechanical systems used during testing
• Install, route, and verify instrumentation and data acquisition hardware, including load cells, strain gauges, displacement sensors, accelerometers, thermocouples, video systems, and test harnesses
• Perform fabrication and modification to fixtures and test hardware using manual machining, drilling, cutting, grinding, sanding, and other shop tools to support rapid iteration
• Collaborate closely with Structural, Manufacturing, and Test Engineers throughout development
• Troubleshoot test equipment, instrumentation, fixtures, and hardware anomalies
• Identify technical risks and opportunities to improve tooling, test methods, lab processes, and overall test reliability
• Maintain lab readiness through 5S, calibration tracking, preventative maintenance, and equipment upkeep
• Operate independently with a high level of ownership while raising technical concerns and driving safe test execution

Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands-on aerospace development, environmental test, or structural test experience
• Experience working with high energy test systems and promoting a strong safety culture through rigorous procedures and best practices
• Strong mechanical troubleshooting skills
• Experience operating DAQ systems (Dewesoft, MTS, Revel, or similar)
• Experience assembling hydraulic and pneumatic systems
• Experience operating cranes, forklifts, lifting equipment, and rigging safety
• Excellent communication skills with ability to communicate technical risks and concerns
• Strong ownership mentality and attention to detail

Nice to Have

• Direct experience with spacecraft, launch vehicle, or aircraft development
• Ability to read mechanical and engineering drawings and interpret tolerances (including GD&T)
• Experience operating MTS systems, Instron or Frank Bacon load frames, and Data Physics vibration systems
• Experience with harness and connector selection / fabrication
• Airframe & Powerplant License