Senior Test Hardware Engineer — Modular Test Platforms

Impulse Space; Redondo Beach (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Medical coverage

Vision coverage

Dental coverage

401(k)

Job summary

Impulse Space is seeking a Senior Test Hardware Engineer in Redondo Beach to design, build, deploy, and support common electrical test hardware powering our test infrastructure. You will create reusable building blocks for test engineers, including DAQ and control units, mobile DAQ systems, test carts, and power distribution assemblies.

You will collaborate with test operations, software automation, IT, and cross‑functional teams to ensure rapid, reliable deployment of test assets and maintain

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical, aerospace, mechanical, or related engineering discipline.
• 5+ years of hands‑on experience designing, building, integrating, or operating electrical test hardware.
• Experience creating and maintaining electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, bills of materials, and assembly documentation.
• Experience with EPLAN or similar electrical design tools.
• Working knowledge of data acquisition, instrumentation, sensors, controls, wiring, power supplies, networking, and electrical system integration.
• Hands‑on experience with hardware checkout, commissioning, troubleshooting, and operation in a fast‑paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain common electrical test hardware platforms for DAQ, controls, instrumentation, power distribution, networking, and computer‑integrated test assets.
• Create and maintain electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, panel layouts, cable designs, bills of materials, assembly instructions, checkout procedures, and operating documentation.
• Develop standardized hardware architectures that allow test engineers to quickly assemble safe, reliable, maintainable, and reusable test systems.
• Participate in the full hardware lifecycle—from requirements and design through procurement, fabrication, integration, commissioning, deployment, maintenance, and improvement.
• Work closely with software automation engineers during design, deployment, integration, checkout, and troubleshooting of standard test assets.
• Coordinate with IT and the test automation engineers to define, image, configure, and maintain computers used in standard test assets.
• Diagnose and resolve issues across electrical hardware, software interfaces, networking, and test infrastructure with resourceful, hands‑on problem‑solving.

Skills

Electrical test hardware

Hardware checkout

Collaboration with cross-functional

Schematics/wiring diagrams

Data acquisition/instrumentation

Education

Bachelors degree in electrical/aerospace/mechanical engineering

Tools

EPLAN

Teamcenter/PLM

Job description

Impulse Space is seeking a Senior Test Hardware Engineer in Redondo Beach to design, build, deploy, and support common electrical test hardware powering our test infrastructure. You will create reusable building blocks for test engineers, including DAQ and control units, mobile DAQ systems, test carts, and power distribution assemblies.

You will collaborate with test operations, software automation, IT, and cross‑functional teams to ensure rapid, reliable deployment of test assets and maintain