Senior Aerospace Environmental Test Engineer Stock Options

CesiumAstro, Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Health, dental, vision, HSA, FSA

Life and disability insurance

Retirement plans

Job summary

CesiumAstro, a developer of space and aerospace communication systems, is seeking a Senior Environmental Test Engineer to lead the development and execution of environmental tests for space-grade electronics and assemblies. You will create test procedures, ensure readiness, and drive improvements across dynamic and thermal testing.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in aerospace hardware test, hands-on experience with thermal/Tvac chambers and vibration shakers, and a track record of automating

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering and 5+ years related experience.
• Experience in hardware test environment for Aerospace.
• Experience operating/maintaining thermal chambers, TVAC chambers, and/or vibration shakers.
• Experience with test instrumentation (thermocouples, accelerometers, pressure transducers, etc.)
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with peers.
• Familiarity with RTCA DO-160G, MIL-STD-xxx, GEVS, SMC, etc.
• Experience in the aerospace industry.

Responsibilities

• Create hardware test procedures, ensure test readiness, unblock issues that arise during test campaigns, etc. in support of our environmental test resources.
• Develop standard operating procedures for environmental test technicians.
• Establish and increase the efficiency of environmental test processes to maximize output, limit burden, and enable products to rapidly transition from engineering development to production.
• Identify improvement opportunities and execute initiatives to maintain safe operations, ensure product quality, reduce lead time/labor hours, etc. through environmental test.
• Identify, implement, and qualify environmental test equipment and processes in support of high reliability and throughput production.
• Troubleshoot and identify ultimate root cause of issues in environmental test processes (hardware defects, test equipment anomalies, software problems, etc.), and implement permanent corrective actions.
• Enable production autonomy understanding requirements, simplifying work processes, and automating actions.
• Develop test equipment automation to improve efficiency of environmental test processes and maximize throughput.

Skills

Communication

Collaboration

Aerospace testing

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Tools

Thermocouples

Accelerometers

Pressure transducers

Python

C++

Job description

CesiumAstro, a developer of space and aerospace communication systems, is seeking a Senior Environmental Test Engineer to lead the development and execution of environmental tests for space-grade electronics and assemblies. You will create test procedures, ensure readiness, and drive improvements across dynamic and thermal testing.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in aerospace hardware test, hands-on experience with thermal/Tvac chambers and vibration shakers, and a track record of automating