- Robot type
- Drone · Defense
- Location
- AlbuquerqueNew MexicoUSA
- Job type
- Manufacturing
- Posted
- Sep 21, 2026
- Salary
- $74,500–$113,500 a year
Full-time
Environmental Test Engineer - Space Technologies
Job description
Summary AV is seeking an experienced Environmental Test Engineer for multiple programs within the Space Technologies division. The Space Technologies division has been developing the techniques, systems, subsystems, and design elements required to implement high reliability opto-mechanical and electrical systems. The Environmental Test Engineer will be a key member of an integrated, multidisciplinary engineering team operating in a dynamic development environment.
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Job responsibilities
- Plan, coordinate, execute, and document environmental tests - including vibration, thermal, thermal vacuum, shock, and EMI/EMC testing - for spaceflight components, subsystems, and systems in accordance with applicable…
- Develop, design, integrate, and maintain hardware and software for automated environmental test equipment and laboratory control systems
- Develop reusable test automation scripts and tools for test sequencing, equipment control, data acquisition, real-time monitoring, limit checking, abort logic, post-processing, and automated reporting
- Integrate automated test systems with vibration controllers, thermal chambers, thermal vacuum chambers, data acquisition systems, instrumentation, facility control systems, and other specialized test equipment
- Support the development and integration of hardware-in-the-loop (HIL), software-in-the-loop (SIL), and system-level automated test environments
- Work with systems and multidisciplinary engineering teams to refine requirements, verification statements, verification methods, and verification cross-reference matrices to ensure requirements are complete,…
- Develop and execute environmental test plans, procedures, scripts, AI&T documentation, test readiness materials, and formal test reports
- Prepare and verify test configurations, instrumentation plans, test limits, abort criteria, sensor calibration, facility readiness, and test article setups prior to test execution
Job requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Physics, or a related discipline, with 2 - 5 years of experience
- Experience testing spaceflight hardware, satellite systems, spacecraft components, or other high-reliability aerospace systems
- Experience planning, preparing, executing, and documenting environmental tests
- Experience with automated control and measurement systems
- Experience developing or maintaining automated test equipment, test scripts, data acquisition software, or laboratory control systems
- Experience with system design, verification, and validation
- Experience testing hardware or systems in a cleanroom or controlled laboratory environment
- Experience developing integration and test plans, procedures, scripts, and reports