Lead Test Engineer, Spacecraft Propellant Tanks

Jobot; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) matching

Tuition assistance

PTO & holidays

Test ownership & leadership pathways

Job summary

Jobot is seeking a Test Engineer for Spacecraft Propellant & Pressurant Tanks. You will support qualification and acceptance testing, design test setups, write procedures, and provide hands-on technical support to technicians and vendors. You will interact with engineering management, quality, production, and customers in a fast-growing space market.

The role offers a strong salary, competitive benefits, and opportunities to lead test initiatives and process improvements across programs.

Qualifications

• Must have test engineering experience in pressure, leak, flow, vibration or thermal testing.
• Senior through lead level considered (roughly 3–15 years).

Responsibilities

• Support qualification and acceptance testing of spacecraft propellant and pressurant tanks, including hydrostatic proof pressure, helium leak, static load, expulsion and flow, pressure differential, vacuum, vibration, and thermal testing.
• Report to the engineering manager and work closely with the test supervisor.
• Design test setups and fixtures and write test procedures for new development and qualification programs.
• Provide engineering oversight on critical tests and hands-on technical support to test technicians and vendors.
• Review and analyze test data against requirements and past in-family performance, flag anomalies, and produce clear plots, charts, and test reports.
• Support Quality on test nonconformances using RCCA, with rework and repair recommendations to Engineering.
• Serve as technical liaison to program management and customers, and drive process improvements in-house and at suppliers.

Skills

Test engineering

Pressure testing

Leak testing

Vibration testing

Thermal testing

Job description

Jobot is seeking a Test Engineer for Spacecraft Propellant & Pressurant Tanks. You will support qualification and acceptance testing, design test setups, write procedures, and provide hands-on technical support to technicians and vendors. You will interact with engineering management, quality, production, and customers in a fast-growing space market.

The role offers a strong salary, competitive benefits, and opportunities to lead test initiatives and process improvements across programs.