Spaceflight Environmental Test Engineer – Automation & V&V

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

Job summary

AeroVironment, Inc. seeks an Environmental Test Engineer to join the Space Technologies division. You will support verification and validation activities, environmental test planning, automated test development, data acquisition, and program-wide test support for spaceflight hardware.

The role involves hands-on work with vibration tables, thermal chambers, cleanroom operations, and automated test software to improve efficiency, data quality, and reporting across multiple programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field with 2–5 years experience.
• Experience testing spaceflight hardware and high‑reliability aerospace systems.
• Experience planning, 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 with environmental testing instrumentation.
• Proficiency in Python, MATLAB, Simulink, LabVIEW, Java.

Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate, execute, and document environmental tests for spaceflight components.
• Develop 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, and reporting.
• Integrate automated test systems with vibration controllers, thermal chambers, DAQ, and other test equipment.
• Support hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) and software-in-the-loop (SIL) testing environments.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to refine requirements and test methods.
• Develop and execute environmental test plans, procedures, and formal reports.
• Prepare test configurations, instrumentation plans, and sensor calibration.
• Operate and troubleshoot vibration tables, thermal chambers, and related equipment.
• Analyze test data to identify anomalies and trends.
• Lead and participate in failure investigations and corrective actions.
• All other duties as assigned.

Skills

Python

MATLAB

Simulink

LabVIEW

Data acquisition

Vibration testing

Test automation

Education

Mechanical Engineering

Aerospace Engineering

Electrical Engineering

Systems Engineering

Tools

PXI

DAQ systems

High-speed digitizers

NI hardware

Job description

AeroVironment, Inc. seeks an Environmental Test Engineer to join the Space Technologies division. You will support verification and validation activities, environmental test planning, automated test development, data acquisition, and program-wide test support for spaceflight hardware.

The role involves hands-on work with vibration tables, thermal chambers, cleanroom operations, and automated test software to improve efficiency, data quality, and reporting across multiple programs.