Sr. Hardware Test Engineer

Responsibilities

• Full ownership of the design, build, and maintenance of mechanical or electrical test stands for development testing, production acceptance testing, functional and environmental qualification testing
• Automate the repetitive aspects of the test stands
• Author, execute, and audit test plans, procedures, and reports
• Work closely with design engineers and flight test engineers to design, build, test and improve flight hardware
• Help the team grow and provide mentorship to peers

Requirements

• B.S. Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent industry experience
• 5+ years of industry experience testing hardware in a regulated industry
• Professional knowledge of ECAD tools such as Altium OR MCAD tools such as NX
• Experience with software design and implementation in Python or C/C++
• Strong understanding of mechanical or electrical engineering fundamentals
• Eagerness for hands-on work - integration of sensors, building test fixtures, diagnosing and debugging equipment and hardware
• Proven ability to methodically diagnose, document, and solve hardware problems
• Demonstrated passion for mechanical, electrical, or electromechanical hardware

Qualifications

• 8+ years experience in aerospace test planning and execution
• Prior experience with aerospace qualification testing standards (MIL-STD-810, RTCA DO-160, or similar)
• Ability to review technical designs and work from drawings, schematics, layouts, assembly/procedures, master parts lists, and other controlled documentation
• Mastery of test instrumentation and data collection methods; ability to design a data acquisition system from the ground up
• Proficiency building/fabricating machine parts, cable assemblies, or other testing, integration, or assembly experience
• Eagerness to learn, teach, and adapt; help us grow as both a development and production operation

Benefits

This role is located onsite at our HQ in Mountain View, CA. Must be willing to travel 10% of the time.

Pay

The estimated salary range for this position is $180,000 to $260,000/annual salary + cash and stock option awards + benefits.

Schedule

Not specified