Sr Test Engineer

Responsibilities

Planning & Documentation

• Develop, review, and maintain comprehensive test artifacts, including flight test plans, test procedures, and test reports, in accordance with program, regulatory, and customer requirements.
• Pilot program-level test strategy development, including schedule planning, risk identification, configuration management coordination, and resource alignment.

Hands-On Testing

• Execute developmental, qualification, and flight test activities for mission systems, sensors, and avionics across SIL, ground, and aircraft test environments.
• Operate and configure RF and electronic test equipment, including spectrum analyzers, network analyzers, multimeters, data acquisition systems, transducers, and accelerometers.

Integration & Troubleshooting

• Lead aircraft system integration efforts, subsystem functional checkout, and end-to-end system verification.
• Lead test anomaly investigations, root-cause analysis, and corrective action coordination.
• Champion in Test Readiness Reviews (TRR), Safety Review Boards, Flight Readiness Reviews (FRR), and post-test data analysis activities.

Collaboration & Leadership

• Coordinate with systems engineering, avionics, software, program management, and quality teams to ensure test activities align with technical, cost, and schedule objectives.
• Provide technical guidance, mentorship, and leadership to junior test engineers and support personnel.

Qualifications You Must Have

• Bachelor's of Science in Engineering or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in test engineering or a related role.
• Higher level relevant degree may substitute for experience.
• FAA Class III Medical Certificate, with the ability to complete Altitude Chamber training.
• Expert understanding of test and evaluation principles and methodologies.
• Thorough understanding of engineering principles and practices.
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary design and development teams.
• Advanced proficiency with RF and electronic test equipment, including spectrum analyzers, network analyzers, multimeters, data acquisition units, transducers, and accelerometers.
• Strong knowledge of aircraft avionics systems and architectures, including integration of mission systems, communication, navigation, surveillance, and related subsystems.
• Ability to interpret engineering schematics and technical data, troubleshoot complex systems, and apply structured diagnostic methods.
• Experience developing, executing, and documenting ground and flight test plans and procedures, from planning through requirements-based verification and selloff.
• Demonstrated capability in requirements management, including derivation, allocation, traceability, verification, and compliance documentation.
• Excellent technical communication and documentation skills, with the ability to produce clear test artifacts, reports, and engineering correspondence.
• Active United States Top Secret Security clearance with SCI eligibility required.

Qualifications We Prefer

• Experience supporting DoD programs, ISR platforms, and other missionized aircraft efforts.
• Strong familiarity with MIL-STD and aerospace environmental and electromagnetic standards, including DO-160, MIL-STD-810, and MIL-STD-461.
• Hands-on experience supporting FAA and/or military airworthiness certification activities.
• Proficiency with requirements management tools, such as DOORS or Jama, for requirement traceability and verification.
• Proven experience serving in a lead test engineering or integration IPT role, including coordination across multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Working knowledge of Product and Quality Assurance principles, including the creation, analysis, and disposition of non-conformance reports.
• Broad experience with test equipment, standards, and methodologies, including both manual and automated test execution.

Essential Functions

• Ability to work on a computer for extended periods.
• Ability to lift up to 25 lbs regularly.
• Occasional travel may be required.
• Ability to work in an office, lab, hangar, or offsite environment.