Avionics Environmental Test Engineer – Mojave, 9/80 Schedule

Stratolaunch; California; On-site; USD 90,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)

401(k) match

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Stratolaunch seeks an Environmental Test Engineer to lead qualification and acceptance testing of avionics hardware across development stages. You will partner with avionics, systems, and environmental-analysis teams to translate requirements into test programs, design test systems, execute tests, and document results.

The role focuses on qualification planning, instrumentation, automation using Python, and adherence to RCC-324, RCC-319, and MIL-STD-461 standards, with on-site work in Mojave,

Qualifications

• Experience in electrical engineering, software engineering, avionics, experimental aircraft, or launch-vehicle integration.
• Experience designing, integrating, or operating electrical test and instrumentation systems such as NI cDAQ or comparable data-acquisition platforms.
• Experience supporting environmental test campaigns including thermal cycling, random vibration, shock, thermal vacuum, or similar testing.
• Ability to troubleshoot electrical, software, instrumentation, and hardware-in-the-loop test issues.
• Ability to write clear technical documentation including test procedures, reports, and discrepancy/anomaly documentation.

Responsibilities

• Own qualification and acceptance test planning, execution, analysis, and reporting for avionics components and assemblies.
• Collaborate with avionics engineers and environmental analysts to define verification requirements, test objectives, instrumentation, and success criteria.
• Develop qualification and acceptance test plans, procedures, test reports, and supporting documentation.
• Design and support the build of electrical test systems, including instrumentation, harnessing, fixtures, and data-acquisition systems.
• Develop Python-based scripts and tools for test data collection, analysis, and limited automation.
• Support functional, thermal, vibration, shock, and thermal-vacuum testing, including troubleshooting and test anomaly resolution.
• Review test configurations and results for compliance with RCC-324, RCC-319, MIL-STD-461, DO-160, and related requirements.
• Communicate test status, risks, anomalies, and recommendations to engineering and program stakeholders.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Software engineering

Avionics

Instrumentation systems

Environmental testing

Troubleshooting

Test documentation

Python scripting

DoW security clearance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Tools

NI cDAQ

Python

PyVISA/VISA

SCPI

Electrical schematics

Test fixtures

Wiring drawings

Job description

Stratolaunch seeks an Environmental Test Engineer to lead qualification and acceptance testing of avionics hardware across development stages. You will partner with avionics, systems, and environmental-analysis teams to translate requirements into test programs, design test systems, execute tests, and document results.

The role focuses on qualification planning, instrumentation, automation using Python, and adherence to RCC-324, RCC-319, and MIL-STD-461 standards, with on-site work in Mojave,