Principal Environmental Test Engineer I

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Create hardware test procedures, ensure test readiness, unblock issues that arise during test campaigns, etc. in support of our environmental test resources.
• Serve as the technical subject matter expert for environmental test - primary point of support for environmental test equipment and processes and maintain responsibility over test execution for spacecraft hardware.
• Develop standard operating procedures for environmental test technicians.
• Establish and increase the efficiency of environmental test processes to maximize output, limit burden, and enable products to rapidly transition from engineering development to production.
• Identify improvement opportunities and execute initiatives to maintain safe operations, ensure product quality, reduce lead time/labor hours, etc. through environmental test.
• Identify, implement, and qualify environmental test equipment and processes in support of high reliability and throughput production.
• Troubleshoot and identify ultimate root cause of issues in environmental test processes (hardware defects, test equipment anomalies, software problems, etc.), and implement permanent corrective actions.
• Enable production autonomy understanding requirements, simplifying work processes, and automating actions.
• Develop test equipment automation to improve efficiency of environmental test processes and maximize throughput.

JOB REQUIREMENTS AND MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline and a minimum of 9 years related experience.
• Experience in a hardware test environment for the Aerospace industry.
• Experience operating/maintaining thermal chambers, TVAC chambers, and/or vibration shakers.
• Experience with test instrumentation (i.e. 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.
• 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 fluids susceptibility.
• Demonstrated experience with hardware automation using Python, C++, or similar.