Test Engineer II

Oceaneering • Hanover, MD

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About The Position

Oceaneering Technologies (OTECH) is seeking an early-career Test Engineer to support development, integration, and testing of advanced subsea robotic systems. The role assists senior staff with system integration, verification and validation, troubleshooting, and field operations for underwater robotic platforms and payloads. The engineer will work with multidisciplinary teams and gain hands-on exposure to laboratory, dockside, and at-sea testing in challenging ocean environments.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited institution in Electrical, Computer, Robotics, Mechanical, or Systems Engineering; other relevant technical BS degrees may be considered with significant commensurate experience.
• 2 to 10 years of practical experience integrating and testing electromechanical systems.
• Basic understanding of electromechanical systems or embedded software.
• Familiarity with test equipment, data acquisition tools, and laboratory instrumentation.
• Ability to travel for testing, including at-sea operations.
• U.S. citizenship.
• Minimum ability to obtain a Secret security clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with underwater robotics, maritime systems, and oceanographic sensors or instruments.
• Exposure to system integration, verification, and validation.
• Contributions to systems documentation, including test plans, procedures, readiness reviews, and requirements verification traceability matrices.
• Familiarity with requirements management tools.
• Basic familiarity with MATLAB, Python, or similar.
• Hands-on laboratory, prototyping, or field-testing experience.
• Active Secret or higher security clearance with CI polygraph.
• Experience working on DoD contracts.

Responsibilities

• Assist in integrating hardware, software, and sensors into subsea systems.
• Support planning and execution of laboratory, dockside, and at-sea testing.
• Conduct basic troubleshooting of electromechanical and embedded systems.
• Collect, analyze, and organize test data for reporting and documentation.
• Contribute to test procedures, checklists, and verification artifacts.
• Participate in field testing, including system deployments and data collection.
• Maintain configuration control and documentation, and adhere to engineering processes.
• Collaborate with systems, mechanical, electrical, and software engineering teams.

What This Job Offers

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