Test Engineer

Butler America Aerospace L.L.C.; Everett (WA); On-site; USD 103,000 - 118,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K

Medical

Dental

Vision

Job summary

Butler America Aerospace, LLC. is seeking a Test Engineer in Everett, WA to perform static/abuse/cycle testing of interior monuments such as lavatories, galleys, closets, and partitions.

This hands-on role may involve climbing ladders and handling weights, with a strong emphasis on safety. You will write test plans, configure data acquisition, and lead testing activities to ensure compliance with specifications and timelines.

Qualifications

• Typically requires STEM degree with 5+ years experience in test labs or advanced degree with 3+ years, or 9 years without degree.
• Experience in a test lab environment including writing test reports and executing qualification tests.
• Citizenship requirement: US Citizen or US Person (ITAR/EAR).

Responsibilities

• Oversees test setup for static, abuse, and cycle testing to ensure systems meet specifications.
• Writes test plans reflecting real, safe test conditions.
• Establishes data acquisition systems to collect information to substantiate requirements.
• Provides technical leadership to team on testing/validation protocols.
• Ensures operations comply with regulations to ensure production quality.
• Travel up to 10% for offsite testing (locally).

Skills

Test planning

Data acquisition

LabVIEW

Leadership

Safety culture

Education

STEM degree

Advanced degree in related field

Tools

LabVIEW scripts

DAQ systems

Data acquisition hardware

Job description

Test Engineer

Location: Everett, WA

Job ID: #73511

Pay Range: $75-86 ph (W2)

Duration: 6 mos

As a Test Engineer, you will execute static/abuse/cycle testing of interior monuments like lavatories, galleys, closets, and partitions. This is a hands‑on job that can occasionally be physically challenging such as working from ladders or loading weights onto a monument. The Test Engineer assists technicians with test setups while coordinating necessary activities to complete testing on time. The Test Engineer will be aware of all aspects of a specific program test requirements and will be a source of knowledge about what needs to be achieved to succeed. Priorities are constantly changing as due dates move so the ability to adjust on the fly is crucial. The Test Engineer will adopt a "Safety First" culture.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Oversees test setup for static, abuse, and cycle testing to ensure that systems perform according to necessary specifications on all platforms/projects/systems.
• Engages in writing test plans to ensure procedures reflect real, safe, test conditions
• Establish appropriate data acquisition systems to collect necessary information to substantiate requirements.
• Provides technical leadership to team members on all protocols for testing/validation.
• Ensures systems perform according to necessary specifications.
• Confirms operations according to necessary regulations to ensure production quality. Establishes validation standards and develops testing protocols.
• 10% travel time as needed to support offsite testing (locally).

Qualifications/Experience Needed:

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) unless prohibited by local laws/regulations and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience or in absence of a degree, 9 years of relevant experience
• Experience working in a test lab department (including, but not limited to, writing test reports, executing qualification tests, collecting data etc.)
• Citizenship Requirement: US Citizen or US Person (ITAR/EAR)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Aerospace or related manufacturing industry
• Experience writing and running Labview scripts
• Experience operating around static, abuse, and cycle test rigs
• Working with hand and power tools (grinders, saws, impacts, drills, etc.)
• Working with pneumatic/hydraulic load cells, string pots, and Data Acquisition Systems (DAQ)

Benefits provided:

• 401K, medical, dental, and vision, sick time as applicable to state law

Butler America Aerospace, LLC. is an equal opportunity employer. Butler evaluates applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected characteristics. The Butler America Aerospace, LLC. EEO Policy Statement and "Know Your Rights" Poster is available here: Applicant and Employee Notices.

Butler America Aerospace, LLC. is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please contact the Human Resources Department at [e-mail].