Senior Electrical Test Hardware Engineer

Impulsespace; Redondo Beach, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Medical, vision & dental coverage

401(k) retirement plan

Job summary

Impulse Space Senior Test Hardware Engineer (Electrical) is responsible for designing, building, deploying, and supporting common electrical test hardware powering our test infrastructure. You will create standardized, reusable building blocks including rack-mounted DAQ and control units, mobile DAQ systems, test carts, and power distribution assemblies.

You will collaborate with test operations, software automation engineers, IT, and other teams to ensure rapid, reliable deployment of test

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical, aerospace, mechanical, or related engineering discipline.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience designing, building, integrating, or operating electrical test hardware.
• Experience creating and maintaining electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, bills of materials, and assembly documentation.
• Experience with EPLAN or similar electrical design tools.
• Working knowledge of data acquisition, instrumentation, sensors, controls, wiring, power supplies, networking, and electrical system integration.
• Hands-on experience with hardware checkout, commissioning, troubleshooting, and operation in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain common electrical test hardware platforms for DAQ, controls, instrumentation, power distribution, networking, and computer-integrated test assets.
• Create and maintain electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, panel layouts, cable designs, bills of materials, assembly instructions, checkout procedures, and operating documentation.
• Develop standardized hardware architectures that allow test engineers to quickly assemble safe, reliable, maintainable, and reusable test systems.
• Participate in the full hardware lifecycle—from requirements and design through procurement, fabrication, integration, commissioning, deployment, maintenance, and improvement.
• Work closely with software automation engineers during design, deployment, integration, checkout, and troubleshooting of standard test assets.
• Coordinate with IT and the test automation engineers to define, image, configure, and maintain computers used in standard test assets.
• Diagnose and resolve issues across electrical hardware, software interfaces, networking, and test infrastructure with resourceful, hands-on problem-solving.

Skills

Electrical design

Schematic capture

EPLAN

Data acquisition

Hardware checkout

Teamcenter

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

EPLAN

Teamcenter

PLM systems

Job description

Impulse Space Senior Test Hardware Engineer (Electrical) is responsible for designing, building, deploying, and supporting common electrical test hardware powering our test infrastructure. You will create standardized, reusable building blocks including rack-mounted DAQ and control units, mobile DAQ systems, test carts, and power distribution assemblies.

You will collaborate with test operations, software automation engineers, IT, and other teams to ensure rapid, reliable deployment of test