Senior Vibration Test Engineer

Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT), a subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies, is leading the way in the New Space revolution! Our state-of-the-art systems are currently on missions from low Earth orbit to the Moon, near earth asteroids, and to Mars. We create high-reliability spacecraft with significantly greater performance, much smaller size and at a fraction of the cost of traditional space systems. We are involved in a wide range of projects for academic, commercial, and government applications. Join our innovative and dynamic company, as we build the small spacecraft of the future.

Position Purpose: The Senior Vibration Test Engineer will be responsible for supporting vibration test engineering tasks associated with the development, qualification, and acceptance testing efforts of spacecraft systems and components. This engineer would be engaging in test and support of flight spacecraft hardware. Development work will include design and documentation of test fixtures.

Title: Senior Vibration Test Engineer

Position Type: Full Time

Pay Range: $100,000 - $185,000

(Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.)

Location: Boulder, CO

Benefits:

• 100% company paid health, dental and vision benefits for you and your dependents effective the first of the month following hire date
• Life insurance
• 401k (matching 4% with a minimum 5% contribution)
• Generous PTO (3 weeks of vacation + 3 floating holidays, 2 weeks of sick time, 7 paid holidays throughout the year) and parental leave

Job Responsibilities:

• Work in a fast-paced test environment
• Use vibration shakers and measurement equipment to test components and spacecraft
• Maintain required test engineering logs and records
• Maintain a regular and predictable work schedule
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships within the department. Interact appropriately with others to maintain a positive and productive work environment
• Use various testing equipment, standards, and methodologies to support verification and validation
• Conduct complex and professional tests and complete reports in order to demonstrate compliance to system vibration requirements
• Follow test procedures and use logical techniques to determine potential failure modes during vibration tests
• Use SolidWorks to design test fixtures
• Other responsibilities as assigned

Required Qualifications/Education:

• Experience with vibration shakers and controllers
• Experience with conducting sine and random vibration tests on aerospace hardware
• Ability to work independently with some direction and to be a self-starter.
• Thorough understanding of engineering principles and practices
• Experience working in multi-disciplinary design and development teams
• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering or other related discipline
• 7+ years of experience in Test Engineering or a related field
• Related technical experience may be considered in lieu of education

Working Conditions:

This job operates in a professional office environment, but in a manufacturing company. This role uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, scanners, filing cabinets and fax machines.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit for long periods of time.  The employee is occasionally required to stand, bend, reach, and walk. The position requires some light physical effort. This would require the ability to lift or move objects up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift or move objects up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities are required by this job which includes close vision, distance vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Blue Canyon Technologies is a drug-free workplace and an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status or any other protected factor. Blue Canyon Technologies is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request a reasonable accommodation, contact Melissa Po at 720-450-8252 or HR@bluecanyontech.com.