Senior Environmental Test Engineer

Eligibility: To comply with United States Government Space Technology Export Regulations, applicants must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, conditional resident, asylee, refugee (as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)), or otherwise eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Role Overview

CesiumAstro develops out‑of‑the‑box communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and other space and airborne platforms. The company offers a dynamic, cross‑functional environment that encourages learning, development, and collaboration. The Senior Environmental Test Engineer will develop and implement test procedures for dynamic and thermal environmental testing of CesiumAstro components and systems, leveraging design for testability and continuous improvement to deliver space‑grade electronics and structures while maintaining personnel safety and product reliability.

Responsibilities

• Create hardware test procedures, ensure test readiness, and unblock issues that arise during test campaigns in support of environmental test resources.
• Develop standard operating procedures for environmental test technicians.
• Establish and increase the efficiency of environmental test processes to maximize output, limit burden, and enable rapid transition from engineering development to production.
• Identify improvement opportunities and execute initiatives to maintain safe operations, ensure product quality, and reduce lead time or labor hours through environmental test.
• Identify, implement, and qualify environmental test equipment and processes that support high reliability and high‑throughput production.
• Troubleshoot and determine root causes of issues in environmental test processes (hardware defects, test equipment anomalies, software problems, etc.) and implement permanent corrective actions.
• Enable production autonomy by understanding requirements, simplifying work processes, and automating actions.
• Develop test‑equipment automation to improve efficiency of environmental test processes and maximize throughput.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline and a minimum of 5 years related experience.
• Experience in a hardware test environment for the aerospace industry.
• Experience operating or maintaining thermal chambers, TVAC chambers, and/or vibration shakers.
• Experience with test instrumentation (e.g., thermocouples, accelerometers, pressure transducers, etc.).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with peers.
• Familiarity with RTCA DO‑160G, MIL‑STD‑xxx, GEVS, SMC, etc.
• General experience in the aerospace industry.

Preferred Experience

• Demonstrated ability to scale production rate capability.
• Experience performing RTCA DO‑160 aerospace environmental qualification campaigns for humidity, waterproofness, icing, sand and dust, salt fog, temperature and altitude, acceleration, operational shock and crash safety, vibration, and fluid susceptibility.
• Demonstrated experience with hardware automation using Python, C++, or similar languages.

Benefits

• Company stock options.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA).
• Life and disability insurance.
• Retirement plans.