Lead Electronics Test Engineer

Company: Electric Vehicle Company

Opportunity: Our client is looking for a Lead Electronics Test Engineer who will be responsible for developing and certifying testing of low voltage system electronics for our electric aircraft.

Requirements: You have 8+ years of experience developing and modifying functional test protocols in the aerospace or aviation industry.

Core responsibilities

• Develop formal test plans, procedures, instrumentation plans, test stand/fixture designs, and data acquisition architectures for thorough and repeatable testing of electronics.
• Identify test objectives, instrumentation needs, devise test matrices, and define detailed test procedures.
• Procure appropriate and configuration-controlled test articles and prepare them with appropriate instrumentation for a given test.
• Work closely with test equipment design engineers to define requirements and expectations of the test stand.

• Perform post-test failure inspection, diagnose failures by identifying root cause, document findings, and provide feedback for design improvement.

• Verify assigned Airborne Electronic Hardware meets or exceeds design requirements and provide necessary testing information/documentation for FAA certification requirements.

• Contribute to the technical writing of Qualification Test Plans and Procedures (QTP) during submission for FAA approval.
• Execute witnessed tests for certification credit after acceptance of QTPs by DER and FAA.

Required

• B.S. in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering with 8+ years of work experience in Test Engineering OR M.S. with 6+ years of experience
• Experience developing and modifying functional test protocols
• Experience with multiple environmental tests: thermal cycling, humidity, salt fog, fluid proofness, vibration and shock
• Experience with instrumentation used for environmental tests (e.g. multimeters, accelerometers, thermistors, current probes).
• Experience with electromagnetic environments such as lightning, high-intensity radiated field, voltage spikes and power interruptions.

Ideal candidate

• Experience with testing electronics hardware to DO-160, MIL-810 or similar standards
• Experience with root cause analysis of electronics failure.
• Experience with Matlab/Python
• Experience with LabView

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
• Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
• Short Term & Long Term Disability
• Stock Option Plan