Test Engineer

$102,000 - $148,000/Yr

Stratolaunch - Mojave, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

Mojave, CA

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

About the position

Stratolaunch is a technology accelerator that engineers operationally realistic testing at Mach 5+. Our air-launched, Talon testbeds are reusable, cost-effective platforms that enable routine access to the hypersonic environment. We deliver flight data critical to validating system performance and achieving rapid technology deployment. Together with our customers, we drive innovations that are imperative to advancing national security. Stratolaunch is seeking a Sr- or Staff-level Test Engineer to lead the Talon-A air-launched, hypersonic vehicle testing. An ideal candidate will have experience in vehicle integration and test. This role involves interfacing with a multi-disciplinary engineering team and program management. The successful candidate will collaborate with systems engineering, test team responsible engineers, and program leadership to define and implement systems engineering, integration, and test best practices. They will also be responsible for producing and maintaining a test objective database that is complete and up to date, ensuring that the vehicle is tested in a manner that meets vehicle requirements, and participating in test planning, Test Readiness Reviews (TRRs), and test conducting. The role requires the architecting and optimization of vehicle test flow, planning and participation in integration, testing, and troubleshooting, and understanding connections and dependencies between subsystems. The candidate will set standards for test planning and documentation and ensure those standards are met, demonstrating honesty, responsibility, and integrity in the fulfillment of commitments.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with the systems engineering, test team responsible engineers, and program leadership to define and implement systems engineering, integration, and test best practices
• Collaborates with a multi-disciplinary engineering team to produce and maintain a test objective database that is complete and up to date
• Ensures vehicle is tested in a manner to meet vehicle requirements
• Participates in test planning, Test Readiness Reviews (TRRs), and test conducting
• Architects and optimizes vehicle test flow
• Plans and participates in integration, testing, and troubleshooting
• Understands connections and dependencies between subsystems
• Sets standards for test planning and documentation and ensures those standards are met
• Demonstrates honesty, responsibility, and integrity in the fulfillment of commitments

Requirements

• Experience working in small, dynamic engineering teams where each member often has multiple responsibilities
• Previous test experience (e.g. vehicle integration testing, ground testing, and/or flight testing)
• Familiarity with avionics, instrumentation, software, fluid systems, liquid rockets, and/or structures (listed in order of priority)
• Ability to quickly adapt to changing priorities
• Excellent written & verbal communication
• Ability to acquire and maintain a security clearance
• Bachelor's degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 5-10 years of engineering experience for Sr Level, or 10-20 years for Staff Level, or equivalent combination of education and experience

Nice-to-haves

• Experience as a Test Conductor
• Experience contributing to the systems engineering content for a major technical review such as System Requirements Review, Preliminary Design Review or Critical Design Review
• Experience maintaining aerospace industry standards for vehicle configuration and changes
• Experience with air-launched hypersonic vehicle development
• Experience with technical risk identification, management, and mitigation
• Experience defining, managing, and verifying requirements for hypersonic vehicles with hot-structure airframes
• Current DOD Secret security clearance