Environmental Systems Test Engineer II - UAV & Missile Testing

AeroVironment, Inc.; Virginia Colony (CA); On-site; USD 82,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental & Vision

401K match

9/80 schedule

Paid holidays

Job summary

AeroVironment, Inc. is seeking an Environmental System Test Engineer II to develop and execute System Test Plans for small unmanned aerial vehicles and missiles. This role covers simulator, ground, and flight tests with data logging and results documentation.

You will support subsystem and full-scale testing, define test objectives, create test cards, review requirements for testability, and participate in readiness reviews. Travel across the continental U.S. is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related discipline (Software, Systems, Electrical, Mechanical or Aerospace) required.
• Minimum 2–5 years’ experience in testing—environmental or systems.
• Experience with scripting and programming to automate testing is a plus.
• Position requires 10–30% travel within the Continental U.S.

Responsibilities

• Support environmental test and evaluation of subsystem, model-scale, and full scale testing.
• Determine and communicate subsystem, system, and environmental test objectives.
• Develop test cards to verify that those objectives are met.
• Review System Requirement documents to ensure requirements are concise and testable.
• Participate in test and environmental readiness reviews, test briefs, and post-test debriefings.
• Ensure test assets are prepared to support testing, including configuration of hardware/software, test cards, and procedures.
• Process and analyze test data to determine test results.
• Analyze large test datasets using MATLAB or Excel.
• Capture test activities, fill in data sheets, and transfer telemetry files to the network.
• Enter test failures or anomalies in an issue tracking system database.
• Summarize test activities and results in reports.
• Determine regression test requirements based on subsystem modifications.
• Develop ad hoc tests to troubleshoot test failures.

Skills

Scripting

Programming

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in related discipline

Job description

AeroVironment, Inc. is seeking an Environmental System Test Engineer II to develop and execute System Test Plans for small unmanned aerial vehicles and missiles. This role covers simulator, ground, and flight tests with data logging and results documentation.

You will support subsystem and full-scale testing, define test objectives, create test cards, review requirements for testability, and participate in readiness reviews. Travel across the continental U.S. is required.