Hypersonic Avionics Test Engineer

Stratolaunch; Mojave (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 176,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid maternity and parental leave

401(k) with company match

Job summary

Stratolaunch in Mojave, CA seeks an Environmental Test Engineer to lead qualification and acceptance testing of avionics hardware across development. You will partner with avionics, systems, and environmental-analysis teams to translate requirements into practical test programs and build test systems.

Responsibilities include test planning, instrumentation, Python scripting for data collection, and execution of functional, thermal, vibration, and vacuum tests.

Qualifications

• Experience in electrical engineering, avionics, or related fields.
• Experience designing and operating electrical test systems and instrumentation.
• Experience supporting environmental test campaigns (thermal cycling, vibration, etc.).
• Ability to troubleshoot test issues across electrical, software, and hardware.
• Strong technical writing for procedures and reports.

Responsibilities

• Own qualification and acceptance test planning, execution, analysis, and reporting for avionics components and assemblies.
• Define verification requirements, test objectives, instrumentation, and success criteria with engineering teams.
• Develop qualification and acceptance test plans, procedures, and test reports.
• Design and support the build of electrical test systems, harnesses, fixtures, and data-acquisition.
• Develop Python-based scripts/tools for data collection, analysis, and limited automation.
• Support functional, thermal, vibration, shock, and thermal-vacuum testing and troubleshoot anomalies.
• Review test configurations and results for compliance with RCC-324, RCC-319, MIL-STD-461, and related requirements.
• Communicate test status, risks, anomalies, and recommendations to stakeholders.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Software engineering

Avionics

Test instrumentation design

Troubleshooting

Technical documentation

Independent work

Education

B.S. in engineering or related field

Equivalent combination of education and experience

Tools

NI cDAQ

Python

PyVISA/VISA

SCPI

Job description

Stratolaunch in Mojave, CA seeks an Environmental Test Engineer to lead qualification and acceptance testing of avionics hardware across development. You will partner with avionics, systems, and environmental-analysis teams to translate requirements into practical test programs and build test systems.

Responsibilities include test planning, instrumentation, Python scripting for data collection, and execution of functional, thermal, vibration, and vacuum tests.