Space Environmental Test Engineer - Deployable Antennas

Environmental Test Engineer; Arlington (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salaries

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Health and wellness options

Job summary

E-Space is seeking an Environmental Test Engineer to own the launch and space environmental qualification and acceptance test campaign for the large deployable antenna structure. You will define, plan, and execute vibration, shock, thermal-vacuum, and acoustic testing for the stowed and deployed antenna assembly.

This is a hands-on role based on-site in California or Texas with facility coordination and some travel between sites.

Qualifications

• BS or MS or Ph.D. in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent.
• Experience planning and executing structural environmental test campaigns - vibration, shock, or thermal-vacuum - for flight or high-reliability hardware.
• Experience with fixturing, instrumentation (accelerometers, strain gauges, RTDs/PRTs), and data acquisition systems.
• Ability to develop pre-test predictions and interpret post-test data against FEA model outputs.
• Familiarity with MIL-STD-1540, GEVS, or equivalent environmental test standards.

Responsibilities

• Own the environmental test plan for the integrated antenna structure - vibration, shock, acoustic, and TVAC - from requirements flow-down to test report.
• Define test levels and acceptance/qualification margins based on launch vehicle environments and system-level requirements, working with the structures analyst and IAS lead.
• Coordinate with test facilities (in-house and external) to plan, schedule, and execute test campaigns for the stowed antenna assembly.
• Instrument and fixture test articles; develop test procedures, pre-test predictions, and test-as-you-fly configurations.
• Perform real-time data monitoring during test execution; make go/no-go calls and manage test anomaly response in accordance with procedures.
• Own post-test inspection, data reduction, and correlation of test results against pre-test predictions.
• Document test results; maintain test verification closure records in the V&V matrix.

Skills

Test planning

Test execution

Data analysis

FEA comparison

Environmental testing standards

Instrumentation

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Nastran

ANSYS

Accelerometers

Strain gauges

RTDs/PRTs

Job description

E-Space is seeking an Environmental Test Engineer to own the launch and space environmental qualification and acceptance test campaign for the large deployable antenna structure. You will define, plan, and execute vibration, shock, thermal-vacuum, and acoustic testing for the stowed and deployed antenna assembly.

This is a hands-on role based on-site in California or Texas with facility coordination and some travel between sites.