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About the Role
Title: Test Engineer 2
Duration: 12 month
Employment type: Contract
End product:
- Testing methods and equipment for standard and special devices
- Test data, defined changes to testing equipment, testing procedures, manufacturing processes, or new testing requirements
- Customer sample test results and special tests that cannot be performed in the test area
Tech / domain environment:
- Operating Unit product testing environment spanning test planning, coordinating, setup, execution, data reduction, test reporting, and post-data processing
- Test tooling, software, equipment, instrumentation, and test harnesses
- Jira and Confluence
- Accountability to the Operations Test Engineering Manager for meeting Operations Test Engineering safety, quality, delivery, and cost expectations within entire product value streams.
Job duties:
- Design, develop, and implement testing methods and equipment
- Plan and arrange labor, schedules, and equipment for testing and evaluating standard and special devices
- Test customer samples and perform special tests that cannot be performed in the test area
- Perform product testing across test planning, coordination, setup, execution, data reduction, test reporting, and post-data processing
- Integrate products with test tooling, software, equipment, and instrumentation
- Support test data collection, post-test data review, reporting, and test requirements verification
- Produce test documentation through technical writing
- Participate in and present at internal and external customer reviews
- Use modern tools and methods to reduce product testing cost and schedule
- Meet Operations Test Engineering safety, quality, delivery, and cost expectations within entire product value streams
Must haves:
- Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM discipline and 2 years of test experience, or a Master’s Degree in STEM
- Troubleshoot test equipment, test tooling, and test harnesses
- Experience with testing automation or other lean manufacturing/testing methodologies
- Demonstrated technical writing and/or procedure development skills
- Travel approximately 10% between the Oxnard, CA, and Goleta, CA sites and to support customers
- U.S. Citizenship
- Support working 1st shift 7am to 4:45pm and 2nd shift 2:30pm to Midnight
Nice to haves:
- 3+ years of test engineering-specific experience
- Proficiency in test automation software such as LabVIEW for product testing
- Proficiency in measuring and controlling electronic components such as motors, actuators, positional sensing devices, and load transducers
- Experience in the aerospace or aeronautical industry
- Excellent presentation, oral, written, and listening communication skills
- Self-motivated with the ability to organize and prioritize job assignments and tasks
- Ability to work independently, in an integrated team, and adapt to change and dynamic requirements
- Demonstrated proficiencies in methods such as Jira and Confluence