Location: Westminster, CO Salary: $40.00 USD Hourly – $42.00 USD Hourly Description:
Title: Test Technician IV
Duration: 1 year
Location: Westminster, CO
2 openings
Technician IV – Development Technician
Build the Future of Aerospace Excellence we don’t just build technology; we engineer the critical systems that protect our world and expand our reach into the stars.
As a global leader in defense and aerospace, We are seeking a Development Technician IV who thrives at the intersection of precision and performance. In this role, you won’t just be following a manual-you will be the bridge between engineering design and flight-ready reality. Your expertise will span the full hardware lifecycle, ensuring every component-from individual boards to fully integrated boxes-meets our exacting standards. From fabricating flight hardware to the highest aerospace standards, to leading box-level integration and conducting rigorous environmental testing, your expertise will ensure that our most complex systems survive the harshest environments known to man. If you are a steward of quality and a technical expert, come help us define the next generation of aerospace capability.
What You’ll Do
Integration & Testing
- Lead box-level integration, PWA testing, and ESTE/GSE certifications.
- Conduct environmental testing, including vibration, thermal, and TVAC.
- Perform power-on checks, operational systems validation, post-delivery activities, and
- complex rack configuration changes.
- Execute detailed test procedures and component-level troubleshooting.
- Act as a test conductor using software scripts to command hardware and monitor
- telemetry.
- Utilize DMMs and Cirris testers for cable assembly continuity and verification.
Assembly & Quality
- Fabricate and rework flight/EDU hardware (PWAs, cables, chassis, and rack assemblies)
- per IPC/WHMA-A-610/620 Space Addendums and J-STD-001.
- Interpret complex electrical schematics, wire lists, and engineering drawings; document
- “red line” changes accurately.
- Ensure strict adherence to ESD, safety, tool control, and FOD (Foreign Object Debris)
- protocols.
Project Support
- Measure and record test data, identifying and reporting out-of-tolerance conditions.
- Manage assignments with high efficiency, balancing cost, schedule, and hardware
- manufacturability.
- Generate detailed daily/weekly status updates regarding accomplishments, roadblocks,
- and completion timelines.
- Foster productive working relationships across Strategic Business Units and the
- Company to maintain a professional work environment.
- Perform installation and troubleshooting of test cables with minimum supervision
- Maintain a regular and predictable work schedule.
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships within the department, the Strategic
- Business Units, Strategic Support Units and the Company. Interact appropriately with others in
- order to maintain a positive and productive work environment.
- Perform other duties as necessary.
On-Site Work Environment:
This position requires regular in-person engagement by working on-site five days each normally scheduled week in the primary work location. Travel and local commute between company campuses and other possible non-company locations may be required.
Working Conditions
- Work is performed in an office, laboratory, production floor, or cleanroom, outdoors or remote
- research environment.
- May occasionally work in production work centers where use of protective equipment and gear is
- required.
- May access other facilities in various weather conditions.
Required Education, Experience, & Skills
- High School diploma or equivalent plus 3 years or more related experience. Associate degree is
- preferred.
- Each higher-level related degree, i.e., Bachelor’s or Master’s, may substitute for two years of
- related experience. Degree must be from a university, college, or school which is accredited by
- an agency recognized by the US Secretary of Education, US Department of Education.
- Expert proficiency with DMMs, digital oscilloscopes, function generators, and programmable
- power supplies.
- Strong theoretical understanding of analog, digital, power, and FPGA electronics.
- Proficiency in fabricating and reworking hardware (cables, chassis, 19″ racks, test aids) in
- production or development settings.
- Proficiency in Microsoft 365 (Teams, Word, Excel, Outlook).
- Experience with flight hardware handling and aerospace assembly standards.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills for interaction with all levels of program
- personnel and management.
- Ability to work in diverse environments, including laboratories, cleanrooms, and production floors
Medical, dental, and vision insurance are available to qualified candidates who meet eligibility requirements.