Thermal Test Engineer

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Develop and execute thermal and environmental test plans for aerospace and defense hardware, including components, subsystems, and system-level assemblies.
• Develop detailed test procedures, test requirements, instrumentation plans, test configurations, and test readiness documentation.
• Plan and execute thermal cycling, thermal vacuum (TVAC), thermal soak, temperature/humidity, high/low temperature, and other environmental tests as applicable to program requirements.
• Support qualification, acceptance, development, and verification testing throughout the product lifecycle.
• Configure and operate environmental test chambers, thermal vacuum chambers, thermal cycling equipment, and associated test systems.
• Select, install, calibrate, and verify test instrumentation including thermocouples, RTDs, pressure sensors, heat flux sensors, and other data acquisition instrumentation.
• Monitor test execution and ensure test conditions remain within approved limits and procedures.
• Collect, process, reduce, and analyze thermal test data to evaluate product performance against requirements.

Job requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Engineering Physics, or a related engineering discipline.
• 2+ years of experience in thermal testing, environmental testing, test engineering, or a related aerospace/defense engineering discipline.
• Hands-on experience developing and executing engineering test procedures.
• Experience with thermal chambers and/or thermal vacuum (TVAC) chambers.
• Experience with thermal cycling, thermal soak, temperature testing, or other environmental qualification testing.
• Experience with test instrumentation such as thermocouples, RTDs, pressure transducers, temperature sensors, and data acquisition systems.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, requirements, schematics, and test documentation.
• Experience collecting, processing, analyzing, and presenting engineering test data.