Test Engineer

Mavensoft Technologies. • Kent, WA

5d • Onsite

About The Position

This role supports the development and operations of New Glenn, a single-configuration, heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle capable of routinely carrying people and payloads to low-Earth orbit, geostationary transfer orbit, cislunar, and beyond. Its first stage is fully reusable, and the vehicle was designed from the beginning to be human-capable. As part of a dynamic and hardworking team of engineers, you will have primary responsibility for development, qualification, and production test campaigns on various New Glenn spaceflight systems. You will own the planning and execution of individual component and subassembly test campaigns on mechanical, actuated, hydraulic, cryogenic, and/or pneumatic systems from fabrication to delivery. You will author and maintain detailed test procedures, perform test readiness reviews and pre-test briefings, and conduct data reviews to verify the success of the test campaigns. You will work closely with design engineers to identify test requirements, with operations engineers to incorporate tests into the appropriate test stands, and with technicians to execute the procedures you author. You will identify the test fixtures, test support equipment, and data acquisition systems necessary to execute your testing scope and work with tooling and equipment designers as necessary to design and procure this hardware. You will drive efficiency gains in testing activities in order to increase testing throughput while maintaining a high standard of quality and prioritizing the safety of you and your teammates above all else. You will share in the team’s impact on manufacturing, testing, and delivering hardware for the New Glenn Launch Vehicle. The organization is looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and commitment to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for their mission and vision is required!

Requirements

• B.S. degree or higher in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering, or other relevant field.
• 3+ years of experience in component testing and data analysis.
• Strong work ethic with a high attention to detail and level of organization.
• Strong written, personal, and computer skills.
• Ability to communicate clearly and appropriately at the executive leadership level and on the shop floor.
• Successfully managed simultaneous project schedules.
• Passion for spaceflight and space exploration.

Nice To Haves

• 5+ years of applicable industry experience (launch vehicles, satellites, aircraft, motorsports, oil & gas).
• Demonstrated technical expertise in design, operation, testing, or production of pressurized (up to 6000 psi), cryogenic, actuated, and/or hydraulic systems.
• Strong knowledge of fluid components such as valves, regulators, actuators, servo-valves, and fittings.
• Experience with sensors and instrumentation (pressure transducers, accelerometers, etc.), data acquisition, and automation systems.
• Familiarity with precision clean hardware and systems.
• Experience with Environmental Testing (proof, leak, vibration, thermal, etc.) per SMC-S-016, MIL-STD-1540 or MIL-STD-810.
• Demonstrated familiarity with data analysis, processing and reduction techniques.
• Experience with data acquisition and automated systems.

Responsibilities

• Development, qualification, and production test campaigns on various New Glenn spaceflight systems.
• Planning and execution of individual component and subassembly test campaigns on mechanical, actuated, hydraulic, cryogenic, and/or pneumatic systems from fabrication to delivery.
• Authoring and maintaining detailed test procedures.
• Performing test readiness reviews and pre-test briefings.
• Conducting data reviews to verify the success of test campaigns.
• Working closely with design engineers to identify test requirements.
• Working with operations engineers to incorporate tests into appropriate test stands.
• Working with technicians to execute procedures.
• Identifying test fixtures, test support equipment, and data acquisition systems necessary for testing.
• Working with tooling and equipment designers to design and procure hardware.
• Driving efficiency gains in testing activities to increase testing throughput while maintaining quality and prioritizing safety.
• Sharing in the team’s impact on manufacturing, testing, and delivering hardware for the New Glenn Launch Vehicle.

What This Job Offers

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