Senior Test Engineer - Propulsion & Hypersonics

Castelion Corporation; Rio Rancho (NM); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Castelion is seeking a Senior Test Engineer to lead testing activities for solid rocket motors and hypersonic systems. You will develop test plans, set up instrumentation, and ensure safety and data integrity across static fires, environmental tests, and flight test support.

Ideal candidates bring 6–10+ years in aerospace test engineering, with 3+ years in propulsion or missile testing, and hands-on LabVIEW/MATLAB data acquisition experience.

Qualifications

• 6-10+ years of test engineering experience in aerospace or defense
• 3+ years focused on propulsion, solid rocket motors, or missile systems testing

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of test plans, procedures, and requirements for SRM tests.
• Design, commission, and operate test fixtures, instrumentation setups, and data acquisition systems.
• Execute and oversee static fire tests, environmental stress screening, and other qualification tests, ensuring safe operations with energetic materials and high-consequence hardware.
• Perform real-time test monitoring, data reduction, analysis, and reporting; identify anomalies and lead root-cause investigations with cross-functional teams.
• Support flight test campaigns, including pre-flight checkout, range coordination, telemetry monitoring, and post-flight data analysis.

Skills

Test instrumentation

LabVIEW

MATLAB

Data acquisition

Sensors

Test stand design

Telemetry

Flight test

Safety protocols

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related field

Tools

LabVIEW

MATLAB

Job description

Castelion is seeking a Senior Test Engineer to lead testing activities for solid rocket motors and hypersonic systems. You will develop test plans, set up instrumentation, and ensure safety and data integrity across static fires, environmental tests, and flight test support.

Ideal candidates bring 6–10+ years in aerospace test engineering, with 3+ years in propulsion or missile testing, and hands-on LabVIEW/MATLAB data acquisition experience.