Mechanical Test Engineer - Aerospace & Defense, Equity

Salient Motion, Inc.; Hawthorne (CA); Sur place; USD 110 000 - 130 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Competitive compensation

100% company-paid healthcare

Life Insurance (2x Salary)

Flexible PTO and 401K

Résumé du poste

Salient Motion, Inc. in Hawthorne, CA, seeks an engineer focused on mechanical and environmental qualification for actuators and LRUs. You will design test fixtures, witness tests at sites domestically and abroad, and develop DO-160G and MIL-STD-810H compliant plans and reports.

The role requires a BS in mechanical/aerospace, 2+ years of qualification testing, and hands-on instrumentation experience. U.S. person per ITAR and willingness to travel internationally are essential.

Qualifications

• BS in Mechanical, Aerospace, or related engineering discipline.
• 2+ years of qualification or environmental test experience on aerospace/defense hardware.
• Hands-on experience executing DO-160 and MIL-STD-810 campaigns.
• Proficiency with mechanical test instrumentation and data acquisition.

Responsabilités

• Plan, write, and execute mechanical qualification and acceptance test procedures for actuators and LRUs.
• Develop test plans and reports to DO-160G and MIL-STD-810H.
• Design and build mechanical test fixtures, load setups, instrumentation, and data acquisition configurations.
• Plan and execute load, life and durability, and environmental testing to validate cycle reliability.
• Manage testing at outsourced labs and witness tests at customer and partner facilities, domestically and internationally.
• Coordinate test schedules, witness points, and acceptance criteria with customers and labs.
• Analyze test data, identify failure modes, and drive root-cause/corrective action with design engineering.
• Support development of an in-house qualification test lab as capability matures.

Connaissances

Mechanical testing

Data acquisition

Technical writing

Test planning

Team coordination

Travel international

Formation

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical/Aerospace

Outils

DO-160

MIL-STD-810

Test instrumentation

Load cells/accelerometers

Description du poste

Salient Motion, Inc. in Hawthorne, CA, seeks an engineer focused on mechanical and environmental qualification for actuators and LRUs. You will design test fixtures, witness tests at sites domestically and abroad, and develop DO-160G and MIL-STD-810H compliant plans and reports.

The role requires a BS in mechanical/aerospace, 2+ years of qualification testing, and hands-on instrumentation experience. U.S. person per ITAR and willingness to travel internationally are essential.