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About the role

As Lead Test Engineer for the Sustaining Team at Blue Origin's Motion Control Business Unit (Honeybee Robotics), you will own the development and execution of testing for sustaining programs including Solar Array Drive Assemblies (SADAs), P35 products, and framed motors. You will serve as technical lead providing day-to-day tasking for a team of test engineers, design and develop test Ground Support Equipment (GSE) for motors and controllers, and represent the Test Department in cross-functional design and program reviews. You will operate with a high degree of autonomy and coordinate directly with engineering, program management, quality, supply chain, and customers.

Key responsibilities

Technical Leadership

• Own test strategy, planning, and execution for the sustaining programs. Establish common test architectures, standards, and reusable assets.
• Serve as primary technical point of contact for sustaining test, coordinating with engineering, program management, quality, supply chain, and customers.
• Author, review, and approve test plans, procedures, and reports. Present plans, results, and findings at internal reviews, Test Readiness Reviews (TRRs), and customer milestones.

Test GSE / EGSE Development

• Design, develop, and maintain test GSE and EGSE for motors and motor controllers, including power supplies and simulators, load and dynamometer systems, breakout boxes, controller interface racks, and data acquisition systems.
• Define GSE architecture and interface requirements against flight ICDs. Perform safe-to-mate verification before UUT integration.
• Maintain schematics, wiring diagrams, and documentation for configuration control and reuse. Troubleshoot GSE issues to minimize campaign downtime.

Test Execution and Mentoring

• Oversee and perform functional, performance, life, acceptance, and environmental testing (vibration, thermal vacuum, shock, EMI/EMC) of motion control hardware.
• Lead anomaly investigations through root cause and corrective action. Support Failure Review Boards (FRBs) as technical lead or SME.
• Analyze test data, identify trends and risks, and track metrics such as schedule adherence and failure trends.
• Mentor engineers and technicians. Provide Design-for-Test (DFT) feedback to design teams. Drive improvements in test efficiency, repeatability, and automation.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a closely related technical discipline.
• Minimum of 8 years of hands-on test engineering experience, preferably in aerospace, spaceflight, or precision electromechanical hardware.
• Demonstrated experience developing test GSE, test stands, and fixtures from concept through implementation, including schematic capture and interface documentation. Experience testing motor controllers and/or motors is strongly desired.
• Demonstrated experience as a technical lead for engineers or technical teams, or as a lead on multiple concurrent programs.
• Strong working knowledge of electrical test instrumentation and data acquisition systems.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• 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.

Preferred qualifications

• Test Architect or Staff Test Engineer experience.
• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related technical field.
• Experience testing mechanisms, actuators, SADAs, gimbals, motors, or drive assemblies.
• Test automation experience (e.g., Python, LabVIEW, C#).
• Familiarity with environmental test standards (MIL-STD-810, GEVS GSFC-STD-7000) and EMI/EMC test practices.
• Experience with flight or flight-like hardware in a cleanroom or controlled laboratory environment.
• Familiarity with harness workmanship standards (e.g., IPC/WHMA-A-620) and AS9100 or ISO 9001 quality systems.
• Experience supporting sustaining or production-phase programs, including acceptance testing, obsolescence, and design-change verification.
• Experience supporting test campaigns at external facilities or customer sites.

Compensation and details

Base pay range for Colorado applicants: $133,500.00 to $186,898.95 (other site ranges may differ).

Relocation provided. Travel expected up to 10% of the time.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance
• Paid parental leave, short and long-term disability
• 401(k) with company match up to 5%
• Education Support Program
• Stock Options for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week)
• Up to four weeks paid time off per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays
• Eligibility for bonuses based on role type and job level