Hardware Test Engineer — Automation & Spaceflight

Telemetry Today LLC; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 86,000 - 149,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, CA is seeking a Development Test Engineer to join our growing team. You will perform hardware testing on a range of systems and structures, manage test campaigns, develop procedures, sequences, and software, and troubleshoot while maintaining high safety standards.

You will collaborate with design engineers, automate test operations, and lead campaigns from planning to data review, ensuring rigorous test execution and integration of test articles.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of professional experience in a related engineering field.
• Experience in an immersive interdisciplinary technical project (collegiate project teams or professional settings).
• Experience in hardware automation and software-hardware communication/integration
• High competence with, and fluid use of engineering first principles
• BS, MS or PhD in an engineering discipline
• Must be eligible to obtain / maintain US Security Clearance.
• Must be able to perform physical efforts including standing for extended periods and lifting and carrying material or equipment up to 25 lbs unassisted

Responsibilities

• Execute structural, dynamic, and environmental testing on drones, missiles and spaceflight hardware
• Lead test campaigns including test plan creation, system activation, test operations, data review, and equipment design/fabrication
• Generate work instructions to direct and instruct technicians in the fabrication and integration of test articles and equipment
• Operate and troubleshoot data acquisition and control systems, wiring, and instrumentation, as well as thermal chambers, electrodynamics shakers, and fluid power systems
• Automate repetitive test operations to improve efficiency and safety

Skills

Hardware testing

Test campaign management

Test automation

Data acquisition

Engineering first principles

Education

BS/MS/PhD in engineering

Tools

Python

MATLAB

Siemens NX

Teamcenter

Job description

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, CA is seeking a Development Test Engineer to join our growing team. You will perform hardware testing on a range of systems and structures, manage test campaigns, develop procedures, sequences, and software, and troubleshoot while maintaining high safety standards.

You will collaborate with design engineers, automate test operations, and lead campaigns from planning to data review, ensuring rigorous test execution and integration of test articles.