Senior MAIT Electrical and Test Engineer Verified today
The Role
The Exploration Company is building Nyx, a modular and reusable orbital vehicle for cargo transport and potential human spaceflight. As Senior MAIT Electrical and Test Engineer, you will take technical ownership of electrical test equipment and automated functional tests that verify our spacecraft, engineering models and test beds.
Key Responsibilities
- Take technical ownership of electrical test equipment and functional-test capability for flight hardware, engineering models and test beds, from early definition through delivery, use and maintenance
- Establish and maintain a development and readiness plan so that test equipment and software are available for early engineering-model testing and subsequent flight-hardware testing
- Define and assess electrical test-equipment and functional-test needs, making requirements, interfaces, safety constraints, risks and dependencies visible and driving their resolution
- Translate system and subsystem requirements into complete, traceable functional-test strategies, procedures, sequences and objective pass/fail criteria
- Lead the electrical design, integration, build, troubleshooting and maintenance of test equipment and its software, including power, signal, communication and measurement interfaces
- Develop and review automated functional-test software, data acquisition and test sequences in LabVIEW and/or VeriStand, with clear interlocks, limit checks, safe-stop behaviour and maintainable test records
- Define and review test-equipment architecture, instrumentation, cabling, schematics, interface definitions, configuration and verification evidence
- Plan and support test readiness reviews, ensuring that hardware, test equipment, software, procedures, safety controls and acceptance criteria are fit for use before testing begins
- Support and perform unit-, subsystem- and system-level electrical and functional tests on engineering and flight hardware, including hands-on test preparation and execution
- Lead technical investigation of test anomalies, assess test data, distinguish unit-under-test issues from test-system issues, and support non-conformance disposition, retest and closure
- Coordinate electrical test activities and technical interfaces with MAIT, design, systems, software, quality and other relevant teams
- Provide technical guidance and review to other engineers and technicians, sharing good practice in test design, execution, troubleshooting and evidence capture
- Manufacture and assemble test-equipment components where required
- Participate in environmental tests and launch campaigns
What We Are Looking For
- Degree in aerospace engineering, electrical engineering or comparable qualification
- Significant hands-on experience with electrical/electronic components and systems, ideally in spacecraft AIT or functional verification
- Demonstrated ability to independently plan and deliver electrical or functional tests for complex hardware, from requirements and interfaces through test execution and evidence review
- Strong practical experience developing functional tests from requirements, including test strategy, procedures, acceptance criteria, traceability and test-data review
- Theoretical understanding as well as practical experience with electrical test equipment and test interfaces: electrical design and integration of test equipment (instrumentation, cabling, connectors, power and signal interfaces); physical assembly and commissioning of test equipment; familiarity with network configuration and network protocols (TCP/IP)
- Ability to develop and review software for test equipment and automated functional tests in LabVIEW and/or VeriStand; experience with Python or similar is an asset
- Experience with data acquisition, test automation, measurement-chain verification and systematic troubleshooting on electrical test equipment
- Experience preparing hardware and test systems for controlled testing, including safety controls, configuration management and objective test records
- Ability to lead technical anomaly investigations, communicate uncertainty and risk, and agree evidence-based retest or closure actions
- Experience providing technical guidance, reviewing work or sharing good practice with colleagues
- Exposure to Mission Control Software platforms like CCS5, COSMOS or similar; experience with COSMOS is a plus
- Experience with communication and power test equipment is an asset
- Ability to read, understand and apply technical manuals, data reports, electrical schematics and design specifications
- Willingness to work hands-on with flight hardware
- Fluent in written and spoken English
- Willingness to travel worldwide for test and launch campaigns