Principal System Test Engineer

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Plan, lead, and execute test activities ranging from component verification and validation to extended multi-hour flight tests
• Coordinate and author engineering documentation around system validation and verification testing (both lab testing and in-flight), subsystem functional testing, component acceptance testing, and test protocols…
• Translate user and system requirements into clear, traceable verification and validation strategies
• Champion and facilitate test methodology implementation across multiple engineering departments and manufacturing operations.
• Author and oversee test plans, procedures, reports, and protocols for lab, ground, and flight testing
• Serve as the technical interface for system-level validation and verification activities
• Develop testing schedule and execute test campaigns in coordination across multiple teams
• Lead test readiness reviews, data analysis, and cross-functional test reviews

Job requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a closely related field
• 8+ years of experience testing and developing complex systems (UAS or aviation systems preferred)
• Experience developing and executing system-level verification and validation plans
• Ability to obtain and maintain US DOD Secret Security Clearance
• Familiarity with acceptance testing and quality processes in mechanical or hardware systems
• Experience analyzing test data using tools such as MATLAB
• Experience performing structured root-cause analyses
• Ability to design tests that simulate operational and lifetime stressors