Senior Principal Environmental Test Engineer

Date Posted

2026-07-09

Country

United States of America

Location

US-AZ-TUCSON-930 ~ 1151 E Hermans Rd ~ ETF 930

Position Role Type

Onsite

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements

• Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date.
• A current DoD secret or TS/SSBI clearance is required.

Security Clearance Type

DoD Clearance: Secret

Environmental Testing

The Test Engineer is responsible for executing a variety of environmental tests while collaborating in an integrated product (IP) team environment with fellow ET Test Engineers, ET Support Engineers, and internal engineering customers. The Test Engineer will work within the IP team to develop the best methods for implementing tests to meet customer requirements and is responsible for all aspects of the test including test design and setup, equipment control and monitoring, and data collection and analysis. The Test Engineer is responsible for performing troubleshooting and adjustment of both the equipment and test setup when technical issues arise.

What You Will Do

• Consult and provide testing guidance to internal program customers and verify their proposed testing will meet the intended requirements.
• Write test plans and procedures that meet the requirements and safety of testing requested by internal program customers as well as review plans and procedures written by others.
• Create schedules and budgets for all testing.
• Oversee and personally conduct environmental testing to validate models for the purposes of new product qualification, production acceptance, flight test clearance, engineering evaluations, and failure investigations.
• Implement engineering best practices to ensure testing is performed accurately, on schedule, and within allowed budget.
• Analyze test data real time and posttest to validate requirements have been met in accordance with requirements.
• Communicate status of ongoing testing efforts with ET leadership and internal program customers.
• Design, model, and analyze vibration and structural test fixtures using CREO Parametric and Ansys Workbench.

Qualifications You Must Have

• A degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 10 years of prior engineering experience.
• Experience working with environmental test vibration shaker systems or experience with instrumentation (accelerometers, thermocouples, strain gages, load cells, etc…) and data acquisition systems (Dewetron, DeweSoft, LabView, Agilent/Keysight, Benchlink, Somat, etc…).

Qualifications We Prefer

• Preferred engineering majors include Electrical, Aerospace, or Mechanical.
• Experience working with commercial environmental test equipment to include vibration test systems and thermal chambers.
• Experience working with vibration control systems and software.
• Experience with solid modeling and analysis software applications.
• A high situational awareness and ability to effectively work multiple projects simultaneously.