Senior Test Engineer – Terawave Space Network

Blue Origin; Washington; On-site; USD 121,000 - 169,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with company match

Stock options

Paid time off

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking an experienced Test Engineer III to join the AI&T team on the Terawave program. You will own test campaigns end-to-end on the Vehicle Test Bench, Flatsat, and HIL environments, from procedure development through formal reporting, and mentor junior engineers as a production transition lead.

You will translate bench test methods into producible, repeatable procedures for direct adoption by the production line test team, collaborating with subsystem engineers on objectives

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or closely related field.
• 5+ years of hardware test, SIT, or environmental/functional test in aerospace/defense/high-reliability electronics.
• Experience leading or owning test campaigns end-to-end: procedure development, execution, anomaly disposition, and formal test reporting.

Responsibilities

• Develop, own, and execute VTB and HIL verification procedures; drive procedures from draft through review and release.
• Lead test campaign execution: manage test readiness gates, coordinate bench configuration, monitor telemetry, and call holds per test rules.
• Capture, disposition, and track test anomalies; author formal test reports; support root cause analysis.
• Mentor Test Engineer I and II; review procedures/test reports; provide technical guidance on testing discipline.

Skills

Test campaigns

Telemetry interpretation

GSE proficiency

Data acquisition

Python

LabVIEW

COSMOS

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering or related field

Tools

GSE hardware

SpaceWire/CAN/MIL-STD-1553

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking an experienced Test Engineer III to join the AI&T team on the Terawave program. You will own test campaigns end-to-end on the Vehicle Test Bench, Flatsat, and HIL environments, from procedure development through formal reporting, and mentor junior engineers as a production transition lead.

You will translate bench test methods into producible, repeatable procedures for direct adoption by the production line test team, collaborating with subsystem engineers on objectives