Senior Instrumentation Engineer

Voyager Technologies, Inc.•Pueblo, CO, CO

4d•$135,000 - $165,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Instrumentation Engineer is the hands-on technical authority for instrumentation and data acquisition across Voyager Energetics’ test programs. The role designs, builds, calibrates, and validates sensor systems, signal conditioning, and DAQ infrastructure used to capture critical data during research and development and production testing of solid rocket motors and energetic materials. It is based onsite in Pueblo, Colorado, and reports to the Operations Engineering Lead. The engineer supports test preparation and execution, including instrumentation design and operation, calibration program management, test stand integration, troubleshooting, and post-test data review. The position also produces instrumentation documentation and mentors junior engineers and technicians. Work takes place in a high-consequence test environment and requires attention to measurement accuracy, data integrity, and safety.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or a related technical discipline and 7 years of instrumentation and data acquisition engineering experience; or a relevant master’s degree and 5 years of experience; or 11 years of hands-on instrumentation engineering experience in lieu of a degree.
Hands-on proficiency designing, building, instrumenting, and validating multichannel instrumentation systems across pressure, temperature, strain, vibration, shock, thrust, and high-speed transient sensor types in an aerospace, defense, or high-consequence test environment.
Extensive experience configuring and operating data acquisition platforms such as NI PXI, NI CompactDAQ, DEWESoft, or equivalent, including channel setup, triggering, sampling configuration, and live-test monitoring.
Experience maintaining instrumentation calibration programs, including executing or coordinating sensor calibration, keeping NIST-traceable records, and managing calibration assets.
Experience authoring instrumentation documentation, including wiring diagrams, channel lists, calibration packages, and measurement system plans, and contributing to formal test plans and reports.
Commitment to data integrity, measurement accuracy, and safety, with the ability to work within rigorous regulatory environments including OSHA, ITAR, and energetic or hazardous materials test safety standards.
Ability to travel up to 10%, including possible overnight travel within the continental United States.
Ability to lift, move, or carry equipment up to 50 pounds and to stand, walk, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, and crouch in a manufacturing and test environment; personal protective equipment is required.
Must meet eligibility requirements to obtain and maintain applicable state and federal explosives licenses, including being at least 21, maintaining a drug-free workplace, and completing legally required background investigations.
Must meet applicable U.S. Government export-control requirements and be eligible to obtain any required authorizations.

Nice To Haves

Direct experience with solid rocket motor, liquid propulsion, or other energetic system test operations, including familiarity with test stand safety requirements and high-consequence test protocols.
Proficiency with LabVIEW, NI TestStand, MATLAB, or equivalent tools for DAQ programming, automated test sequencing, or post-test data reduction and analysis.

Responsibilities

Design, specify, procure, install, calibrate, and validate instrumentation systems for test programs, covering pressure, temperature, strain, vibration, shock, thrust, mass flow rate, and high-speed transient measurements.
Build, configure, and operate data acquisition systems for R&D test events and production Lot Acceptance Tests, including channel configuration, triggering logic, sampling rate selection, and real-time monitoring.
Develop and maintain instrumentation calibration programs, including sensor calibrations, NIST-traceable records, and calibration schedules for instrumentation assets.
Author instrumentation documentation, including measurement system plans, sensor selection rationale, wiring diagrams, channel lists, calibration packages, and instrumentation sections of test plans and reports.
Support test stand design and commissioning by defining instrumentation requirements, routing signal cabling, integrating sensors into SCADA/DAQ systems, and validating measurement chains.
Perform post-test data reduction and quality review, verifying data, documenting anomalous channels, applying engineering unit conversions and corrections, and supporting data review and report generation.
Troubleshoot instrumentation and DAQ failures across the signal chain and implement corrective actions.
Mentor junior engineers and technicians in instrumentation fundamentals, calibration methods, DAQ configuration, and safe sensor handling in test and energetic environments.