Test Engineer

Superior Skilled Trades is seeking an Test Engineer for an immediate start!

Pay: $47–$62/hour
Start Date: ASAP
Duration: Temp - 6-month contract 
Shift: Office Hours (Target 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM, flexible) | 40+ hours weekly
Location: Kent, WA 98032

Summary

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.

Responsibilities 

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. You will share in the team’s impact on manufacturing, testing, and delivering hardware for the New Glenn Launch Vehicle.

Qualifications:

• 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.

Desired:

• 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.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer!

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

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