Aerospace Test Engineer - LabVIEW & Automated Systems

Sigil Partners; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 115,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Sigil Partners is seeking a Test Engineer to join an aerospace and electronics engineering organization. You will design, develop, integrate, and maintain automated test equipment for aerospace and electronic products, with emphasis on LabVIEW development and data acquisition.

The role involves collaborating with engineering, manufacturing, operations, and quality teams to deliver reliable test solutions, support new product development, sustaining engineering, and continuous improvement

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant professional experience.
• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline required.
• Ability to read and understand electronic circuit schematics.
• Knowledge of National Instruments test equipment.
• Automated test-system design and programming of data-acquisition systems.
• Software development and verification experience.
• Product and equipment requirements development, requirements analysis and verification, and test-procedure development.
• Configuration management experience within a regulated environment.
• LabVIEW development experience is required.
• Experience with TestStand is required.
• Experience with SPICE, CAD tools, schematic design, and PWB layout.
• Experience with communication interfaces such as ARINC 429, CAN, RS-232, and I2C.

Responsibilities

• Work effectively with cross-functional engineering, operations, quality, and business teams to achieve product performance and cost targets.
• Define, understand, and comply with company and regulatory guidelines to maintain a safe operating environment.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives, including Kaizen and 5S practices, to maintain an organized and efficient working environment.
• Demonstrate strong written and verbal communication skills for technical reports, presentations, analyses, procedures, and other engineering documentation.
• Understand, decompose, and define product and process requirements supporting product development, sustaining engineering, and R&D activities.
• Plan, estimate, prioritize, and manage engineering activities to meet project schedules and budgets.
• Produce thorough and accurate design and development work that meets customer specifications and company requirements for schedule, cost, producibility, quality, and reliability.
• Apply structured problem-solving processes, documentation, tools, and analyses to identify root causes and implement corrective actions for technical challenges.
• Generate and review engineering documentation, including proposals, technical reports, procedures, correspondence, and other materials required to support customer and program requirements.
• Work independently while communicating and collaborating effectively within multidisciplinary engineering, operations, quality, and business teams.
• Mentor junior engineers and other team members within areas of technical expertise, as applicable to the Level III position.
• Design test equipment hardware and software and select and procure equipment required to achieve desired test results and accuracy.
• Integrate and/or build complex automated test systems.
• Design, code, troubleshoot, and debug computer and data-acquisition systems used for automated testing with National Instruments LabVIEW and TestStand.
• Develop complete test-equipment design packages, including written descriptions, wiring diagrams, schematics, photographs, component lists, and supporting documentation to allow systems to be accurately reconstructed.
• Ensure test data is accurate, organized, properly documented, and appropriately archived.
• Generate test procedures from engineering and product specifications.
• Perform calculations to establish test-equipment specifications, design margins, test setups, and test limits.
• Support Production with the design of new test equipment, error-proofing initiatives, and upgrades to existing test equipment.
• Review test-equipment documentation, procedures, and designs and provide testability reviews for product designs.

Skills

LabVIEW

Data acquisition

Test equipment design

Schematic reading

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

LabVIEW

TestStand

SPICE

CAD tools

PWB layout

Job description

Sigil Partners is seeking a Test Engineer to join an aerospace and electronics engineering organization. You will design, develop, integrate, and maintain automated test equipment for aerospace and electronic products, with emphasis on LabVIEW development and data acquisition.

The role involves collaborating with engineering, manufacturing, operations, and quality teams to deliver reliable test solutions, support new product development, sustaining engineering, and continuous improvement