Lead Spaceflight Test Systems Engineer

Lunar Outpost European Union; Golden (CO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

PTO 3 weeks per year

401(k) match

Paid holidays

Parental leave

Educational reimbursement

Job summary

Lunar Outpost seeks a Senior Test Systems Engineer to advance the Pegasus LTV program for NASA exploration. You will lead test campaigns, develop plans, and coordinate with IPTs to verify and qualify systems across components, subsystems, and vehicles.

With 4–8 years of NASA-class testing experience and strong documentation, you will contribute to a rigorous verification process in a dynamic startup environment in Golden, Colorado.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Aerospace, Electrical, Mechanical Engineering or related discipline.
• 4–8 years of experience in developing and executing test and qualification campaigns for NASA Class A and/or human-rated vehicles.
• Demonstrated experience leading and executing engineering test efforts to support requirement verification and validation.
• Familiarity with NASA standards for AI&T that cover testing, qualification, workmanship, etc. (i.e. SMC-S-016, NASA-STD-8739).
• Clear understanding of NASA verification and validation processes.
• Strong test documentation writing skills, such as test plans, procedures, reports, etc.
• Knowledge of systems engineering processes and best practices.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, especially Excel and Project.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• U.S. Person

Responsibilities

• Develop test requirements and plans in coordination with IPTs.
• Support IPT generation of test reports.
• Plan and execute component, subassembly, and subsystem qualification campaigns.
• Lead design, build, and test dedicated vehicle test platforms and prototypes.
• Lead development of qualification and test campaign schedules in accordance with the AI&T Plan and execute campaigns on schedule to drive program progress.
• Write test procedures and processes to support qualification at the component, subsystem, and vehicle level.
• Provide expert inputs to program schedules and budgets as well as regular status of campaign execution.

Skills

Test planning & execution

Systems engineering

Documentation

Communication

U.S. Person

Self-motivation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

Excel

MS Project

JIRA/Confluence

JAMA

Job description

Lunar Outpost seeks a Senior Test Systems Engineer to advance the Pegasus LTV program for NASA exploration. You will lead test campaigns, develop plans, and coordinate with IPTs to verify and qualify systems across components, subsystems, and vehicles.

With 4–8 years of NASA-class testing experience and strong documentation, you will contribute to a rigorous verification process in a dynamic startup environment in Golden, Colorado.