Senior Ops & Test Engineer — Equity & Rapid Prototyping

Hermeus; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 138,550 - 187,450; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Wellness: 100% employer-paid

Stock options

401(k) retirement plan

Year-end bonuses

Parental leave

Paid federal holidays

Unlimited PTO

Office lunches

Job summary

Hermeus is seeking a Senior Operations and Test Engineer to develop, test, and operate advanced aircraft systems. You will implement standardized processes and automation to make vehicle testing safer, faster, and more repeatable, while partnering with technicians and cross-functional teams.

In this hands-on role you will design test procedures, support hardware integration, and troubleshoot off-nominal results in a rapid hardware development environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline.
• 3+ years of experience with mechanical, electrical and/or fluid systems.
• Expert level first-principles engineering knowledge.
• Experience writing test plans and test procedures.
• Experience integrating electrical, mechanical, and software systems.
• Professional experience testing and operating with or around hazardous systems (high voltage, high pressure, combustible fluids, etc.).
• Ability to communicate clearly with a wide range of people.
• Ability to learn, lead others, and work in a fast-paced start-up atmosphere.
• Ability to travel on short notice to support test campaigns (up to 50%).

Responsibilities

• Develop and standardize procedures/automation for checkouts, integration, development testing, and taxi testing of new and flight-proven vehicles, rapidly iterating based on lessons learned.
• Design software and automation tools to enable autonomous vehicle operations, and to conduct vehicle system testing in ways that reduce complexity.
• Assist with integration and testing of flight hardware, partnering with and providing direction to highly skilled field technicians and specialists daily.
• Ensure test and flight readiness by reviewing test results and working with other teams to resolve off-nominal test results, collaborating with engineering staff from other departments and locations on a regular basis.
• Identify opportunities to improve existing processes and equipment to eliminate small scale production waste.
• Manage work orders and drive non-conformances into actionable items and systematic improvements.

Skills

First-principles engineering

Code debugging

Test plan writing

Hazardous systems experience

Clear communication

Education

Advanced engineering degree

Job description

Hermeus is seeking a Senior Operations and Test Engineer to develop, test, and operate advanced aircraft systems. You will implement standardized processes and automation to make vehicle testing safer, faster, and more repeatable, while partnering with technicians and cross-functional teams.

In this hands-on role you will design test procedures, support hardware integration, and troubleshoot off-nominal results in a rapid hardware development environment.