Senior Test Engineer – Space Systems & HIL Validation

Blue Origin LLC; Cupertino, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 121,000 - 169,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Education Support Program

Stock options

Paid Time Off 4 weeks + 14 holidays

Job summary

Blue Origin seeks an experienced Test Engineer III to lead end-to-end test campaigns on the Vehicle Test Bench, Flatsat, and HIL environments for the Terawave program. You will translate bench test methods into production-ready procedures and mentor junior engineers.

You will work with subsystem engineers to define success criteria, manage telemetry, and drive test-process improvements to shorten cycle times while ensuring first-pass yields and rigorous reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a closely related field.
• 5+ years of experience in hardware test, SIT, or environmental/functional test in aerospace, defense, or high-reliability electronics.
• Experience leading or owning test campaigns end-to-end: procedure development, execution, anomaly disposition, and formal test reporting.
• Proficiency operating test benches, GSE, and data acquisition systems; ability to interpret telemetry and identify off-nominal conditions in real time.
• Experience with configuration management, nonconformance management, anomaly disposition, and corrective action processes.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to brief test status and anomalies to program leadership.

Responsibilities

• Develop, own, and execute VTB and HIL verification procedures; drive procedures from draft through formal review and release.
• Lead test campaign execution: manage test readiness gates, coordinate bench configuration, monitor real-time telemetry, and call holds per test rules.
• Capture, disposition, and track test anomalies through closure; author formal test reports and support root cause analysis.
• Develop and maintain lab verification / validation procedures and engage in lab verification activities
• Generate verification artifacts to be reviewed by cross functional stakeholders.
• Mentor Test Engineer I and II team members; review procedures and test reports; provide technical guidance on test execution discipline.
• Interface with subsystem engineers on test objectives, success criteria, and design-for-test requirements.
• Support and execute formal acceptance test campaigns
• Identify and drive test process improvements to reduce cycle time and improve first-pass yield.
• Identify anomalies and lead closure activities. Communicate corrective actions as necessary.

Skills

Hardware test

System integration and test (SIT)

Telemetry interpretation

Root cause analysis

Test campaign management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or closely related field

Tools

GSE

Data acquisition systems

Job description

Blue Origin seeks an experienced Test Engineer III to lead end-to-end test campaigns on the Vehicle Test Bench, Flatsat, and HIL environments for the Terawave program. You will translate bench test methods into production-ready procedures and mentor junior engineers.

You will work with subsystem engineers to define success criteria, manage telemetry, and drive test-process improvements to shorten cycle times while ensuring first-pass yields and rigorous reporting.