Senior Flight Motion Systems Test Engineer

Telemetry Today LLC; Pasadena (CA); On-site; USD 109,000 - 172,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Stock Purchase Program

Equity compensation

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Rocket Lab’s Space Systems team in Pasadena seeks a Senior Integration & Test Engineer I to drive integration, test, and verification of flight mechatronic and motion systems. You will develop, maintain, and upgrade test systems for hardware from components to spacecraft, reporting to Space Systems leadership.

You will collaborate with design, controls, and systems engineers, craft verification plans, and present results for SRR/ PDR/ CDR/ TRR.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical, mechanical, mechatronics, aerospace, or engineering.
• 5+ years in a test engineering or hands-on engineering role.
• Hands-on mechatronics experience with motor control electronics, motors, actuators, or mechanisms.
• Experience with brushless DC, PMSM, or stepper motors and sensors (encoders, resolvers, Hall).
• Experience with environmental testing (thermal vacuum or vibration).
• Proficiency in C, C++, Python, or MATLAB; Windows 10 & MS Office.
• U.S. citizenship due to program requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead and own integration and test campaigns for flight motion systems at various levels of assembly, from actuators and mechanisms through subsystem and spacecraft.
• Integrate and test motor control electronics with motors, actuators, and mechanisms, including closed-loop performance characterization (torque, speed, position, and current loop behavior).
• Work with design, controls, and systems engineers to define requirements and V&V plans and requirements compliance.
• Develop and present materials for customer and company reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR).
• Develop acceptance, qualification, and R&D test plans for flight mechanisms and motion systems.
• Plan environmental qualification and acceptance testing (vibe, shock, TVAC, thermal, EMI/EMC).
• Develop and maintain ground support equipment (test stands, dynamometers, fixtures).
• Develop test automation and data acquisition; interface with ground test software and flight software config changes.
• Lead investigations into anomalous mechanism and motor control behavior; root-cause analysis.
• Interface with hardware-in-the-loop test systems.

Skills

Test engineering

Mechatronics integration

Motor control

Control systems

Documentation

C/C++/Python/MATLAB

Windows 10

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Tools

MATLAB

C/C++

Python

SolidWorks

Altium

Job description

Rocket Lab’s Space Systems team in Pasadena seeks a Senior Integration & Test Engineer I to drive integration, test, and verification of flight mechatronic and motion systems. You will develop, maintain, and upgrade test systems for hardware from components to spacecraft, reporting to Space Systems leadership.

You will collaborate with design, controls, and systems engineers, craft verification plans, and present results for SRR/ PDR/ CDR/ TRR.