Senior Test Systems Engineer — Space Robotics & NASA Quals

Lunar Outpost European Union; Golden (CO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Three weeks PTO

401(k) with up to 4% match

11 holidays

Parental leave

Educational reimbursement

Job summary

Lunar Outpost in Golden, Colorado invites you to join as Senior Test Systems Engineer to contribute to our mission in a dynamic startup environment. You will lead test efforts for the Pegasus LTV, coordinating with IPTs to develop plans, execute campaigns, and ensure on-schedule progress on NASA-class and human-rated vehicles.

Applicants should have a Bachelor's in engineering, 4–8 years of related test experience, strong documentation skills, and familiarity with NASA verification/validation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in aerospace, electrical, mechanical engineering or related discipline.
• 4–8 years in developing and executing test/qualification campaigns for NASA Class A or human-rated vehicles.
• Experience leading and executing engineering test efforts for verification and validation.
• Familiarity with NASA AI&T standards (e.g., SMC-S-016, NASA-STD-8739).
• Understanding of NASA verification and validation processes.
• Strong test documentation writing skills (plans, procedures, reports).
• Knowledge of systems engineering processes and best practices.
• Excellent organization, time management and communication skills.
• U.S. Person.

Responsibilities

• Develop test requirements and plans in coordination with IPTs.
• Support IPT generation of test reports.
• Plan and execute component, subassembly, and subsystem qualification campaigns.
• Lead efforts to design, build, and test vehicle test platforms and prototypes.
• Develop qualification/test campaign schedules and execute campaigns on schedule.
• Write test procedures and processes for qualification at component, subsystem, and vehicle levels.
• Provide inputs to program schedules and budgets and report campaign status.

Skills

Test planning

Test campaigns execution

Systems engineering

NASA standards knowledge

Verification & validation

Documentation writing

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Project

Technical communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Aerospace, Electrical, Mechanical Engineering or related discipline

Tools

JAMA for requirement generation

Atlassian suite (JIRA/Confluence)

Job description

Lunar Outpost in Golden, Colorado invites you to join as Senior Test Systems Engineer to contribute to our mission in a dynamic startup environment. You will lead test efforts for the Pegasus LTV, coordinating with IPTs to develop plans, execute campaigns, and ensure on-schedule progress on NASA-class and human-rated vehicles.

Applicants should have a Bachelor's in engineering, 4–8 years of related test experience, strong documentation skills, and familiarity with NASA verification/validation.