Avionics Test Engineer II

Avionics Test Engineer II

Requirements

• Minimum of a B.S. in electrical, computer, or aerospace engineering, physics, or related field
• Min. 2 years demonstrated aerospace test experience including: developing test requirements, plans, and procedures; operating and troubleshooting test setups and test articles; participating in environmental testing including Shock/Vibration, Thermal Cycles, Vacuum, and/or EMI/EMC
• Min. 2 years demonstrated experience designing, operating, testing, and/or troubleshooting typical avionics devices at the LRU or system level (e.g., Command & Control, Input/Output, Network, RF, Power, Navigation, Audio/Video)
• Practical and analytical understanding of analog and digital electronics
• Working familiarity with Linux, Python, C/C++, or similar with ability to learn quickly
• Excellent written and verbal technical communication skills
• Attention to detail ensuring rigorous test coverage and impeccable test conduct
• High judgment and critical thinking skills to guide swift problem resolution and progress in spite of setbacks, as well as for navigating new problems with little pre-existing guidance
• Ability to self-manage effective progress on assignments, escalating promptly when warranted
• Flexibility and adaptability to changing scope or priorities
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team on rapidly developing projects
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and approve avionics test plans and procedures with an emphasis on providing your expertise on avionics test and environmental test methodologies and best practices
• Support Design and Systems Engineers in avionics hardware design and verification plan development
• Support Hardware and Software Design Engineers to design, build, document, and verify custom Automated Test Equipment
• Support schedule development and resource coordination
• Lead test readiness efforts, resolve work stoppages, and delegate supporting tasks
• Lead and/or directly run test procedures
• Enforce safety policies during test operations
• Oversee and/or directly operate, troubleshoot, and control configurations of automated test equipment
• Troubleshoot test anomalies real-time and identify test article and test equipment non-conformances
• Lead anomaly investigations, root cause analyses, and development of test recovery plans
• Consolidate, analyze, present, and archive test data
• Generate test record summaries and support generation of verification artifacts
• Responsibly guide avionics hardware through the environmental testing process and ultimately ensure hardware and records meet engineering and quality requirements upon test completion
• Develop/improve processes and standard procedures with emphasis on optimizing quality and efficiency of the team’s performance

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading and managing complex projects
• Working familiarity with Validation & Verification approaches and requirement decomposition
• Experience leading teams as a Test Conductor
• Experience developing, designing, and/or verifying custom Automated Test Equipment
• LabVIEW/PXI system operation and code development
• System level design, integration, test, or operations experience in aerospace or similar high pressure/high stakes field
• Experience with safety-critical systems development and testing (automotive, aerospace, medical, etc.)