Senior Instrumentation Engineer

Voyager Technologies • Pueblo, CO

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Voyager Technologies is an innovative space, defense, and national security technology company focused on mission-critical solutions. 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 data acquisition infrastructure for research and development and production testing of solid rocket motors and energetic materials. The position is onsite in Pueblo, Colorado, and reports to the Operations Engineering Lead.

The engineer is responsible for measurement system design and data integrity across sensor types including pressure, temperature, strain, vibration, shock, thrust, mass flow rate, and high-speed transient measurements. The role also supports test stand design and commissioning, live test operations, calibration programs, documentation, troubleshooting, and post-test data review in a high-consequence test environment.

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 using a broad range of sensors, including pressure, temperature, strain, vibration, shock, thrust, and high-speed transient measurements, 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 real-time monitoring during live test events.
• Experience maintaining instrumentation calibration programs, including executing or coordinating sensor calibrations, managing NIST-traceable calibration records, and managing calibration assets.
• Experience authoring instrumentation documentation such as wiring diagrams, channel lists, calibration packages, and measurement system plans, and contributing instrumentation sections 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.
• Must meet eligibility requirements to obtain and maintain applicable state and federal explosives licenses, including minimum age requirements of 21 or older, drug-free workplace requirements, and required background investigations.
• Must meet U.S. Government export-control requirements: be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, protected individual as defined by law, or eligible to obtain 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 event 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, ensuring measurement accuracy, traceability, and data integrity from sensor to recorded output.
• 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 calibration 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 formal test plans and reports.
• Support test stand design and commissioning by working with Mission Infrastructure Engineering and Automation & Controls Engineering to define instrumentation requirements, route signal cabling, integrate sensors into SCADA/DAQ systems, and validate measurement chains before live tests.
• Perform post-test data reduction and quality review, verify data completeness and validity, document anomalous channels, apply engineering-unit conversions and corrections, and support formal data review and test report generation.
• Troubleshoot instrumentation and DAQ failures during test preparation and after test events; diagnose issues across sensors, signal conditioning, cabling, and recording hardware, 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.

Benefits

• Flexible Time Off (FTO).
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and their families, with a significant portion of premiums covered by the company and many benefits paid at 100% for employees.
• Flexible, affordable gym memberships with access to more than 12,700 nationwide options, plus free on-demand workout videos before enrollment.
• 401(k) retirement plan with a 50% company match on contributions up to 8%.
• Company wellness programs supporting physical and mental well-being.
• Additional voluntary benefits and employee support resources.
• Competitive total compensation package.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior