Integration/Test Engineer

Acara Solutions, Inc.; Palm Bay (FL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Acara Solutions in Palm Bay, FL is seeking an electrical engineer with software capability to join a collaborative team to integrate, test, and verify complex electronic systems.

You'll develop test strategies, work with VDATS, ITAs, and interface hardware, and collaborate with multiple engineering groups to deliver robust test solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in science or electrical/computer engineering.
• Experience developing test solutions for electronic or electromechanical systems.
• Experience with VDATS or similar automated test systems.
• Experience designing or supporting ITAs and test fixtures.

Responsibilities

• Analyze UUTs to understand functionality, interfaces, failure modes, and tests.
• Develop and validate test strategies and cases for complex electronics.
• Implement fault detection and isolation capabilities in test software.
• Support ITA design, fixtures, and related test equipment.
• Collaborate across systems, electrical, software, and manufacturing teams.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Software development

VDATS

Test software

Fault detection

Interface hardware

Education

Bachelor's degree in Science or Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering

Tools

VDATS

Interface Test Adapters (ITAs)

LabVIEW

Python

OpenVPX

Job description

• Join a collaborative engineering team where you\'ll apply your electrical engineering and software development expertise to the integration, testing, and verification of complex electronic systems.
• You\'ll analyze units under test, develop comprehensive test strategies and procedures, implement fault detection and isolation testing, and support test software and interface hardware development.

Why You\'ll Love Working Here:

• Supportive, team-driven culture that values collaboration, transparency, and accountability.
• Opportunity to grow your career with a global workforce solutions leader serving multiple industries.
• People-first environment that encourages employees to bring their authentic selves to work.
• Strong focus on partnership, innovation, and delivering meaningful results for clients and candidates.

Why This Opportunity is Exciting:

• This role offers the chance to join a company that prioritizes both people and performance-where your contributions directly impact client success while giving you room to grow and develop professionally.

About Acara Solutions

• Acara is a premier recruiting and workforce solutions provider-we help companies compete for talent. With a legacy of experience in various industries worldwide, we partner with clients, listen to their needs, and customize visionary talent solutions that drive desired business outcomes. We leverage decades of experience to deliver contingent staffing, direct placement, executive search, and workforce services worldwide.

Sound like a good fit?

What You\'ll Do:

• Analyze Units Under Test (UUTs) to understand functionality, interfaces, failure modes, and test requirements, and develop detailed test strategies, procedures, and cases.
• Develop, debug, maintain, and validate test set software using VDATS, including implementing fault detection and fault isolation capabilities.
• Support the design, development, and validation of Interface Test Adapters (ITAs), test fixtures, and related test equipment.
• Interpret electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, interface control documents, technical specifications, and other engineering documentation to support test development and troubleshooting.
• Collaborate with systems, electrical, software, and manufacturing engineering teams while documenting test results, risks, corrective actions, and technical recommendations.

What\'s Your Bring:

• Bachelor\'s Degree in Science or Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.
• Experience developing test solutions for electronic or electromechanical systems.
• Experience with VDATS or similar automated test systems.
• Experience designing or supporting ITAs, test fixtures, cable assemblies, or interface hardware.
• Experience testing, troubleshooting, or supporting complex OpenVPX assemblies, including module-level and system-level integration.
• Experience with high-speed Ethernet interfaces over both copper and fiber, including integration, test, troubleshooting, and performance validation.
• Experience with embedded software development, debugging, and integration in hardware test environments.

What Sets You Apart:

• Master\'s Degree in Aerospace or Industrial or Electrical.
• ASQ certification.
• Experience with automated test equipment, data acquisition, and instrumentation.
• Familiarity with LabVIEW, LabWindows CVI, Python, or similar programming languages.
• Experience in Aerospace, Defense and Depot Level Maintenance, or other regulated engineering environments.
• Knowledge of requirements-based testing and formal verification processes and Fault insertion demonstrations
• Experience supporting production test, depot test, or maintenance test environments.
• Familiarity with OpenVPX backplanes, high-speed interfaces, power distribution, signal integrity considerations, and rugged embedded computing architectures.
• Familiarity with control systems, embedded controls, or software-driven hardware control interfaces.
• Expert with Oracle AGILE system
• Expertise with IPC standards for hi-performance soldering, coating, connector assembly
• Expert understanding of AS9100
• Strong understanding of electrical circuits, signals, instrumentation, and troubleshooting methods.
• Software development experience in test environments.
• Ability to analyze UUT behavior and create effective fault isolation and diagnostic tests.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Teamwork.
• The ideal candidate is an electrical engineer with strong software capability who can bridge hardware analysis and automated test development.
• They should be comfortable understanding how a UUT works, determining how it can fail, designing tests to detect and isolating those failures, and implementing those tests in VDATS-based software.

Additional Information:

• Upon offer of employment, the individual will be subject to a background check.
• In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the necessary employment eligibility verification form upon hire.
• Under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), all employees assigned to this client must provide documentation verifying their status as a \'U.S. Person\', as defined in ITAR clause 120.15. A U.S. Person is a protected individual under the anti-discrimination provisions of U.S. immigration laws.

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