Senior Environmental Test Engineer I

CesiumAstro•Austin, TX

About The Position

At CesiumAstro, we are developers and pioneers of out-of-the-box communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and other space and airborne platforms. We take pride in our dynamic and cross-functional work environment, which allows us to learn, develop, and engage across our organization. If you are looking for hands-on, interactive, and autonomous work, CesiumAstro is the place for you. We are actively seeking passionate, collaborative, energetic, and forward-thinking individuals to join our team. We are looking to add a Senior Environmental Test Engineer I to our team. If you are excited about working in a startup environment and are passionate about developing critical test systems for leading-edge satellite, spacecraft, and aerospace communication systems, we would like to hear from you. In this position, you will develop and implement test procedures for dynamic and thermal environmental testing of CesiumAstro components and systems. You will be responsible for leveraging design for testability and continuous improvement to deliver space-grade electronics and structures without compromising personnel safety or product reliability. A successful candidate for this role will demonstrate integrity, intellectual curiosity, empathy, technical capability, and a strong motivation to support environmental test.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline and a minimum of 4 years related experience.
Experience in a hardware test environment for the Aerospace industry.
Experience operating/maintaining thermal chambers, TVAC chambers, and/or vibration shakers.
Experience with test instrumentation (i.e. thermocouples, accelerometers, pressure transducers, etc.)
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Demonstrated ability to collaborate with peers.
Familiarity with RTCA DO-160G, MIL-STD-xxx, GEVS, SMC, etc.
Experience in the aerospace industry.

Nice To Haves

Demonstrated ability to scale production rate capability.
Experience performing RTCA DO-160 aerospace environmental qualification campaigns for humidity, waterproofness, icing, sand and dust, salt fog, temperature and altitude, acceleration, operational shock and crash safety, vibration, and fluids susceptibility.
Demonstrated experience with hardware automation using Python, C++, or similar.

Responsibilities

Create hardware test procedures, ensure test readiness, unblock issues that arise during test campaigns, etc. in support of our environmental test resources.
Develop standard operating procedures for environmental test technicians.
Establish and increase the efficiency of environmental test processes to maximize output, limit burden, and enable products to rapidly transition from engineering development to production.
Identify improvement opportunities and execute initiatives to maintain safe operations, ensure product quality, reduce lead time/labor hours, etc. through environmental test.
Identify, implement, and qualify environmental test equipment and processes in support of high reliability and throughput production.
Troubleshoot and identify ultimate root cause of issues in environmental test processes (hardware defects, test equipment anomalies, software problems, etc.), and implement permanent corrective actions.
Enable production autonomy understanding requirements, simplifying work processes, and automating actions.
Develop test equipment automation to improve efficiency of environmental test processes and maximize throughput.