Senior Avionics Test Engineer, Space Systems & HITL

Vast; City of Long Beach (NY); On-site; USD 121,000 - 183,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage for员工

Equity compensation

Generous PTO

Lunch provided on site

Job summary

Vast is seeking an Avionics System Test Engineer in Long Beach, CA, to support automated testing systems for satellites and space stations. The role reports to the Senior Manager, Avionics System Test, and is full-time, exempt, based in Long Beach.

The candidate will design, implement, and validate hardware-in-the-loop test assets, coordinate with engineers, and lead testing initiatives across the team. Strong root-cause analysis and Linux proficiency are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or other hard science.
• 5+ years of post bachelor’s experience working with and developing hardware test systems.
• Experience building and maintaining hardware test systems.
• Experience operating and maintaining Linux systems, including confident use of command line tools.
• Experience with power supplies, electronic loads, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and digital multimeters.

Responsibilities

• Support design of Hardware-in-the-Loop (HITL / HIL) test assets to provide system level validation of avionics units.
• Work with Responsible Engineers and System owners across the organization to capture test design criteria for avionics test systems.
• Develop system level test cases, implement them on test systems and validate their outputs with internal stakeholders.
• Work with subject matter experts to develop and implement interfaces to co-simulation strategies for HITL applications.
• Own procurement and integration of test equipment to build, commission, and sign-off system test assets.
• Perform troubleshooting and debug of avionics test systems.
• Lead test system design reviews for avionics test systems.
• Lead and coach troubleshooting and debug efforts across the wider team.
• Produce documentation for test systems and support handover to test operators.
• Serve as a mentor for junior engineers within the Avionics Test team, coordinating efforts of complex projects and tasks.

Skills

Hardware test systems

Linux OS

Root cause analysis

Documentation

Mentoring

Team leadership

Python

C++

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Digital multimeters

Power supplies

DAQ systems (NI)

Git

JIRA

Confluence

GitHub

Job description

Vast is seeking an Avionics System Test Engineer in Long Beach, CA, to support automated testing systems for satellites and space stations. The role reports to the Senior Manager, Avionics System Test, and is full-time, exempt, based in Long Beach.

The candidate will design, implement, and validate hardware-in-the-loop test assets, coordinate with engineers, and lead testing initiatives across the team. Strong root-cause analysis and Linux proficiency are required.