Hardware Test Engineer - Level 2 or 3
About The Position
Northrop Grumman's Space Sector is seeking a Hardware Test Engineer - Level 2 or 3 to join our MEP organization in Oxnard, CA. This position is 100% onsite and cannot accommodate telecommute work. Northrop Grumman Mission Enabling Products (MEP) Business Unit designs, builds, and delivers space, defense and aviation-related systems to customers around the world. Our main products include satellites and associated space components and services, launch vehicles and related propulsion systems, missile products, subsystems and defense electronics, precision weapons, armament systems, and advanced aerospace structures. As a Hardware Test Engineer, you will design, develop, and implement testing methods and equipment. You will plan and coordinate the labor, schedules, and equipment required for testing and evaluating both standard and special devices. You will compile and analyze test data and define changes required in testing equipment, test procedures, manufacturing processes, or new test requirements. You will be responsible for testing all customer samples and for conducting special tests that cannot be performed in the standard test area.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in a STEM discipline with 2+ years of test engineering experience; OR a Master's Degree in a STEM discipline with 0 years of experience (for Level 2).
- Bachelor's Degree in a STEM discipline with 5+ years of test engineering experience; OR a Master's Degree in a STEM discipline with 2+ years of the stated experience (for Level 3).
- Experience troubleshooting test equipment, test tooling, and test harnesses.
- Experience with test automation or other lean manufacturing/testing methodologies.
- Demonstrated technical writing and/or procedure development skills.
- Ability to travel between the Oxnard, CA, and Goleta, CA, sites and travel to support customers, as needed, approximately 10%.
- U.S. Citizenship.
Nice To Haves
- Demonstrated proficiency in test automation software (e.g., LabVIEW or similar) for product testing.
- Demonstrated proficiency in measuring and controlling various electronic components such as motors, actuators, positional sensing devices, and load transducers.
- Experience in the aerospace or aeronautical industry.
- Excellent communication skills – presentation, oral, written, and listening.
- Self-motivated with the ability to organize and prioritize assignments and tasks effectively.
- Demonstrated proficiencies in methods such as Jira & Confluence
Responsibilities
- Perform product testing in close collaboration with all parts of the Operating Unit, including test planning, coordination, setup, execution, data reduction, test reporting, and post-test data processing.
- Perform integration of products with test tooling, software, equipment, and instrumentation.
- Support test data collection, post-test data review, reporting, and verification of test requirements.
- Support technical writing activities to produce clear and accurate test documentation.
- Participate in and present at internal and external (customer) reviews.
- Leverage modern tools and methods to reduce the cost and schedule of product testing.
- Be accountable to the Operating Unit Operations Test Engineering Manager for meeting Operations Test Engineering safety, quality, delivery, and cost expectations of internal and external customers across the entire product value stream.
- Must be able to support working multiple shifts; i.e., 1st shift 6:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and 2nd shift 2:30 p.m. to midnight.
Benefits
- Relocation assistance may be available
- health insurance coverage
- life and disability insurance
- savings plan
- Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
- overtime
- shift differential
- discretionary bonus
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
