- Robot type
- Drone · Defense
- Location
- MoorparkCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Manufacturing
- Posted
- Oct 18, 2026
- Salary
- $82,000–$125,000 a year
Environmental System Test Engineer II
Job description
Summary The Environmental System Test Engineer II develops and executes System Test Plans for small, unmanned air vehicles and missiles and their associated subsystems. Testing encompasses simulator, ground and flight tests and includes logging and analyzing data and documenting test results.
AV isn’t for everyone. We hire the curious, the relentless, the mission-obsessed. The best of the best.
We don’t just build defense technology—we redefine what’s possible. As the premier autonomous systems company in the U.S., AV delivers breakthrough capabilities across air, land, sea, space, and cyber.
Founded by legendary innovator Dr. Paul MacCready, AV has spent over 50 years pushing the boundaries…
Job responsibilities
- Support Environmental test and evaluation of subsystem, model-scale, and full scale testing.
- Determine and communicate subsystem, system, and environmental test objectives. Develop test cards to verify that those objectives are met
- Review System Requirement documents to help ensure requirements are concise and testable
- Participate in test and environmental readiness reviews, test briefs, and post-test debriefings
- Ensure test assets are prepared to support testing, including proper configuration of product hardware and software, developing test cards and procedures, and maintaining test equipment
- Process and analyze test data to determine test results. Analyze large test datasets using software tools (MATLAB or Excel)
- Capture test activities, fill in test data sheets, and transfer telemetry files to the network. Enter test failures or anomalies in an issue tracking system database. Summarize test activities and results in reports
- Determine regression test requirements based on specific subsystem modifications. Develop ad hoc tests to troubleshoot test failures
Job requirements
- Bachelor's degree in related discipline (Software, Systems, Electrical, Mechanical or Aerospace) is required or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
- A Minimum of 2 - 5 years’ experience in related industry or projects that include conducting environmental or system tests
- Experience with scripting and programming languages to automate testing is a plus
- Position requires 10-30% travel within the Continental U.S.
- A relevant master’s or doctoral degree in a related discipline is preferred.
- Work with product development engineers to derive environmental test requirements based on product specifications and modifications
- Has willingness to learn and expand technical understanding of wind tunnel test techniques and measurement systems
- Is effective in conversing technically with experts in the fields of test instrumentation and data acquisition
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