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Senior Test Engineer at Inversion Space | LAYIQ

Own the planning and execution of component, subsystem, and system-level test campaigns supporting deployment and separation mechanism development.
Lead complex test campaigns to demonstrate system performance under representative environments.
Develop test plans, procedures, success criteria, and test readiness documentation for mechanical development and validation activities.
Coordinate closely with external test facilities and vendors to define test requirements, facility interfaces, schedules, constraints, and execution plans.
Design and develop test fixtures, adapters, support equipment, and other GSE required to safely and effectively execute testing.
Partner with structures, mechanisms, dynamics, and manufacturing engineers to ensure test articles, fixtures, and instrumentation support key technical objectives.
Define instrumentation and data collection needs in collaboration with internal and external partners to ensure test results can validate performance and inform model correlation.
Drive test campaign logistics including hardware readiness, facility integration, procedural development, configuration tracking, and execution coordination.
Lead troubleshooting and issue resolution during test preparation and execution, and drive rapid turnaround on test learnings into follow-on hardware or procedures.
Author test reports and communicate results, risks, and recommended next steps in design reviews and cross-functional program forums.
Required Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent technical experience.
Typically
5+ years of professional experience in development testing, qualification testing, or mechanical system test engineering for aerospace, defense, or similarly demanding applications.
Experience developing and executing component and subsystem-level test campaigns for mechanical hardware.
Experience writing test plans, procedures, test readiness documentation, and post-test reports.
Experience designing test fixtures, adapters, tooling, or ground support equipment for mechanical or aerospace hardware.
Strong understanding of mechanical systems, including structures, mechanisms, interfaces, and hardware integration.
Experience coordinating with external test facilities, vendors, or suppliers to execute complex test programs.
Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally with design, analysis, manufacturing, and program teams to drive tests from concept through execution.
Demonstrated excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Proven ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment.
Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government Secret/Top Secret security clearance.
Desired Qualifications: Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
Experience owning complex mechanism, deployment, or separation system test campaigns from early development through integrated demonstration.
Experience testing hardware in high-dynamic, high-shock, vibration, or transient mechanical environments.
Experience supporting correlation of test results to loads, structural dynamics, or multibody dynamics models.
Experience developing and executing tests for qualified flight hardware.
Experience with instrumentation planning, sensor selection, data acquisition coordination, and extraction of design-relevant test data.
Experience supporting rapid hardware iteration and test-driven development in a hardware-rich environment.
Experience working with external government, commercial, or specialized test facilities.
Experience using CAD tools to design test fixtures, support equipment, or integration hardware.
Our office headquarters is located in Playa Vista, CA. This position requires in office presence.
The California annual base salary for this role is currently $137,000 - $193,000. Pay Grades are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual pay will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: interviews and an assessment of several factors that are unique to each candidate, job-related skills, relevant education and experience, certifications, abilities of the candidate and internal equity.
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