Senior Test Engineer - HBR
About The Position
Blue Origin’s Motion Control Business Unit (MCBU) at Honeybee Robotics designs, manufactures, and tests high-performance motion control components and integrated solutions for aerospace missions. The Test Department ensures that components meet mission requirements. The Senior Test Engineer will lead testing for the Sustaining Team’s SADA, P35, and framed motor programs, provide day-to-day tasking for test engineers, and design and develop test Ground Support Equipment (GSE) for motors and controllers. The role operates with substantial autonomy and represents the Test Department in cross-functional design and program reviews. The position owns test strategy, planning, and execution; develops and maintains test GSE and EGSE; leads functional, performance, life, acceptance, and environmental testing; and guides anomaly investigations through root cause and corrective action. It also includes analyzing test data, mentoring engineers and technicians, contributing Design-for-Test feedback, and improving test efficiency, repeatability, and automation. Relocation is provided, and travel is expected up to 10% of the time.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a closely related technical discipline.
- At least 8 years of hands-on test engineering experience, preferably in aerospace, spaceflight, or precision electromechanical hardware.
- Experience developing test GSE, test stands, and fixtures from concept through implementation, including schematic capture and interface documentation.
- Experience as a technical lead for engineers or technical teams, or as a lead on multiple concurrent programs.
- Strong working knowledge of electrical test instrumentation and data acquisition systems.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
Nice To Haves
- Experience testing motor controllers and/or motors.
- Test Architect or Staff Test Engineer experience.
- Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related technical field.
- Experience testing mechanisms, actuators, SADAs, gimbals, motors, or drive assemblies.
- Test automation experience, such as Python, LabVIEW, or C#.
- Familiarity with environmental test standards such as MIL-STD-810 and GEVS GSFC-STD-7000, and EMI/EMC test practices.
- Experience with flight or flight-like hardware in a cleanroom or controlled laboratory environment.
- Familiarity with harness workmanship standards such as IPC/WHMA-A-620 and AS9100 or ISO 9001 quality systems.
- Experience supporting sustaining or production-phase programs, including acceptance testing, obsolescence, and design-change verification.
- Experience supporting test campaigns at external facilities or customer sites.
Responsibilities
- Own test strategy, planning, and execution for sustaining programs, establishing common test architectures, standards, and reusable assets.
- Serve as the primary technical point of contact for sustaining test and coordinate with engineering, program management, quality, supply chain, and customers.
- Author, review, and approve test plans, procedures, and reports; present plans, results, and findings at internal reviews, Test Readiness Reviews, and customer milestones.
- Design, develop, and maintain test GSE and EGSE for motors and motor controllers, including power supplies and simulators, load and dynamometer systems, breakout boxes, controller interface racks, and data acquisition systems.
- Define GSE architecture and interface requirements against flight ICDs and perform safe-to-mate verification before UUT integration.
- Maintain schematics, wiring diagrams, and documentation for configuration control and reuse; troubleshoot GSE issues to minimize campaign downtime.
- Oversee and perform functional, performance, life, acceptance, and environmental testing of motion control hardware, including vibration, thermal vacuum, shock, and EMI/EMC testing.
- Lead anomaly investigations through root cause and corrective action; support Failure Review Boards as technical lead or subject-matter expert.
- Analyze test data, identify trends and risks, and track metrics such as schedule adherence and failure trends.
- Mentor engineers and technicians, provide Design-for-Test feedback to design teams, and improve test efficiency, repeatability, and automation.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Basic and supplemental life insurance
- Paid parental leave
- Short- and long-term disability
- 401(k) with company match of up to 5%
- Education Support Program
- Stock options for regular employees working at least 20 hours per week
- Up to four weeks of paid time off per year based on weekly scheduled hours
- Up to 14 company-paid holidays
- Relocation provided
- Some employees may be eligible for benefits and bonuses depending on role type and job level; amounts and eligibility are not guaranteed.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
