Senior Avionics Test Lead (STE/EGSE)

Telemetry Today LLC; Longmont, Northern (CO, KY); Hybrid; USD 132,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

Parental Leave

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

HSA/FSA

Job summary

Ursa Major is seeking an Avionics Test Manager to lead design, development, integration, and maintenance of Special Test Equipment (STE) and Electrical Ground Support Equipment (EGSE) for avionics development and production. The role blends hands-on senior test engineering with leadership of a small team, focusing on test strategy, schedules, and process improvements.

The ideal candidate has 6+ years building electrical test equipment, strong mixed-signal design skills, and DoD clearance or

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related technical discipline.
• 6 years of experience developing electrical test equipment, laboratory instrumentation systems, or automated hardware test solutions.
• Hands-on expertise in mixed-signal circuit design, signal integrity, grounding, and PCB layout principles.
• Experience integrating commercial instrumentation into automated test systems (oscilloscopes, DMMs, power supplies, loads, signal generators, switch systems, DAQ).
• Developing schematics, wiring diagrams, cable assemblies, and interface control documents.
• Strong troubleshooting of hardware and hardware/software integration issues in automated test environments.
• Knowledge of SPI, I2C, UART, CAN, Ethernet, USB, RS-422/485, PXI, and/or GPIB.
• 1–3+ years in leadership roles with successful project delivery and team development.
• Ability to balance hands-on technical work with planning, coordination, and stakeholder communication.
• Experience with LabVIEW, TestStand, Python, or C# in automated test software environments.
• Active U.S. DoD security clearance or ability to obtain one.
• Experience with ATE/STE/EGSE for aerospace or defense systems.
• Experience with FPGA-based electronics, embedded systems, or mission-critical avionics hardware.
• Experience with EMI/EMC testing and hardware qualification to aerospace standards.
• Experience designing custom interface electronics, relay matrices, and power control hardware.
• Familiarity with IPC Class 3 and aerospace manufacturing practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, integrate, and maintain ATE, STE, and EGSE for avionics development, qualification, and production.
• Create schematics, wiring diagrams, cable assemblies, interface electronics, fixtures, and harnesses for automated test systems.
• Integrate laboratory instrumentation and communication interfaces into automated test solutions.
• Support HIL, qualification, environmental, and production testing with adequate coverage of processor-/FPGA-/mixed-signal avionics.
• Troubleshoot complex hardware and hardware/software integration issues; lead bring-up, verification, and validation of new test equipment.
• Lead technical reviews, trade studies, and failure investigations related to test systems.
• Lead and mentor a small test engineering team; manage priorities, schedules, and delivery.
• Plan and prioritize work across programs; own hardware schedules, risk, and communication.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver integrated test solutions.
• Drive RCA for test equipment and product issues; document and communicate findings.
• Establish and improve standards, processes, and metrics for test hardware design and configuration management.
• Champion continuous improvement in test capability, automation, and throughput; support audits.

Skills

Mixed-signal design

Signal integrity

Troubleshooting

Test hardware integration

Leadership experience

Communication skills

Altium Designer

KiCad

Cadence Allegro

LabVIEW

TestStand

Python

C#

SPI/I2C/UART/CAN

Ethernet/USB/RS-422/485

GPIB/PXI

EMI/EMC testing

Aerospace/defense domain

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related technical discipline

Tools

Altium Designer

KiCad

Cadence Allegro

Job description

Ursa Major is seeking an Avionics Test Manager to lead design, development, integration, and maintenance of Special Test Equipment (STE) and Electrical Ground Support Equipment (EGSE) for avionics development and production. The role blends hands-on senior test engineering with leadership of a small team, focusing on test strategy, schedules, and process improvements.

The ideal candidate has 6+ years building electrical test equipment, strong mixed-signal design skills, and DoD clearance or