Space Environmental Test Engineer - 9/80 Schedule Benefits

AV; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 75,000 - 114,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401K with company matching

9/80 work schedule

Paid holiday shutdown

Job summary

AV is seeking an experienced Environmental Test Engineer to support multiple programs in the Space Technologies division. The role involves planning, executing, and documenting vibration, thermal, and thermal vacuum tests on spaceflight hardware, and developing automated test hardware and software to improve efficiency and data quality.

The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with environmental test systems (vibration tables, thermal chambers, cleanrooms) and strong scripting skills

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Electrical, Systems Engineering, Physics, or related discipline with 2–5 years of experience.
• Experience testing spaceflight hardware, satellite systems, spacecraft components, or other high-reliability aerospace systems.
• Experience planning, preparing, executing, and documenting environmental tests.
• Experience with automated control and measurement systems.
• Experience developing or maintaining automated test equipment, test scripts, data acquisition software, or laboratory control systems.
• Experience with system design, verification, and validation.
• Experience testing hardware or systems in a cleanroom or controlled laboratory environment.
• Experience developing integration and test plans, procedures, scripts, and reports.
• Experience with environmental testing and associated test instrumentation.
• Experience with signal processing, data acquisition, or automated test-data analysis.
• Experience with vibration testing, thermal testing, thermal vacuum testing, or related environmental test activities.
• Working knowledge of Python, MATLAB, Simulink, LabVIEW, Java, or comparable programming and test automation tools.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen

Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate, execute, and document environmental tests for spaceflight components, subsystems, and systems.
• Develop, design, integrate, and maintain hardware and software for automated environmental test equipment and laboratory control systems.
• Develop reusable test automation scripts and tools for test sequencing, equipment control, data acquisition, real-time monitoring, limit checking, abort logic, post-processing, and automated reporting.
• Integrate automated test systems with vibration controllers, thermal chambers, data acquisition systems, and other test equipment.
• Support hardware-in-the-loop, software-in-the-loop, and system-level automated test environments.
• Refine requirements, verification statements, methods, and cross-reference matrices to ensure testable requirements.
• Prepare and verify test configurations, instrumentation plans, test limits, sensor calibration, and test article setups.
• Operate, maintain, and troubleshoot vibration tables, thermal chambers, and associated test equipment.
• Analyze test data to identify anomalies, trends, and performance issues.
• Collaborate with mechanical, electrical, systems, software, manufacturing, quality, and operations teams to troubleshoot issues.
• Support failure investigations, root-cause analysis, regression testing, and technical reviews; assume responsibility for assigned test activities.
• All other duties as assigned

Skills

Python

MATLAB

Simulink

LabVIEW

Java

Test automation tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/ Aerospace/ Electrical/ Systems Engineering or Physics

Master's degree in related discipline (preferred)

Tools

PXI

DAQ systems

High-speed digitizers

Switching systems

Instrumentation

Job description

AV is seeking an experienced Environmental Test Engineer to support multiple programs in the Space Technologies division. The role involves planning, executing, and documenting vibration, thermal, and thermal vacuum tests on spaceflight hardware, and developing automated test hardware and software to improve efficiency and data quality.

The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with environmental test systems (vibration tables, thermal chambers, cleanrooms) and strong scripting skills