Senior Electrical Test Lead

Blue Origin LLC; Central (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Origin LLC seeks a Test Lead to own production electrical test strategy and execution for high-rate vehicle manufacturing. You will lead technicians and test engineers, drive throughput, and coordinate with Manufacturing Engineering, Systems Engineering, and Mission Assurance to dispositions issues.

The role requires hands-on test equipment experience, strong leadership, and the ability to improve test processes while maintaining quality and compliance with standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a closely related field.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day electrical test operations across production vehicles, including harness continuity, subsystem functional testing, integrated vehicle verification, and pre-ship acceptance testing.
• Own and maintain test procedures, test equipment calibration plans, and test scripts for all production test phases.
• Drive test flow improvements to reduce cycle time and support rate increases without compromising test coverage.
• Manage a team of test technicians and test engineers; provide mentorship, assign work, and maintain team readiness.
• Coordinate with Manufacturing Engineering, Systems Engineering, and Mission Assurance to disposition test anomalies, nonconformances, and open items.
• Maintain real-time test status visibility and report production metrics including first-pass yield, defect escapes, and test throughput.
• Identify and implement test automation opportunities to reduce manual test burden at rate.
• Own the electrical Ground Support Equipment (GSE) suite — coordinate maintenance, calibration, and configuration control.
• Support root cause analysis and corrective action for test failures and escaped defects.
• Interface with the design engineering team to ensure test coverage of critical parameters and provide feedback for design-for-test improvements.
• Participate in design reviews representing the test organization.
• Ensure compliance with applicable standards (e.g., ESD controls, torque verification, workmanship standards).

Skills

Electrical test leadership

Test equipment proficiency

Team management

Test automation

Root cause analysis

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Systems Engineering

Tools

Oscilloscopes

DMMs

Power supplies

Data acquisition systems

CANoe

LabVIEW

Python

Job description

Blue Origin LLC seeks a Test Lead to own production electrical test strategy and execution for high-rate vehicle manufacturing. You will lead technicians and test engineers, drive throughput, and coordinate with Manufacturing Engineering, Systems Engineering, and Mission Assurance to dispositions issues.

The role requires hands-on test equipment experience, strong leadership, and the ability to improve test processes while maintaining quality and compliance with standards.