Test Engineer (Falcon Test)

SpaceX
United States
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: QA, Test & Release EngineeringExperience: 1+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Python","R","MATLAB","LabVIEW","SCADA","Data analytics"]

Test Engineer at SpaceX leads the entire test process for Falcon hardware at the McGregor facility, developing test requirements, handling test articles, operating test stands, analyzing data, and collaborating with design, production and launch teams to ensure flight-worthy hardware and safe operations in a fast-paced, high-stakes environment.

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SpaceX
3 months ago

Test Engineer (Falcon Test)

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Job Summary

Test Engineer at SpaceX leads the entire test process for Falcon hardware at the McGregor facility, developing test requirements, handling test articles, operating test stands, analyzing data, and collaborating with design, production and launch teams to ensure flight-worthy hardware and safe operations in a fast-paced, high-stakes environment.
Location: United States
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: QA, Test & Release Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Test rocket hardware to determine suitability for flight
  • •Provide on-console engineering support for technicians during daily test stand and hangar operations
  • •Perform real-time and post-test data review to evaluate performance of test article and stand systems and document results
  • •Identify and characterize system pitfalls and potential hazards; collaborate with design, production, and launch engineers on improvements
  • •Serve as the final authority to ensure all operations are conducted in a safe manner

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, electrical engineering or other engineering field
  • •1+ years of hands-on testing experience (internships, clubs or other hands-on activities qualify)
  • •3+ years of hands on experience with mechanical systems, structural systems, propulsion systems, fluid systems, flight hardware or test operations
  • •Knowledge of hazardous systems (high pressure, cryogenic, flammable, hypergolic, pyrophoric)
  • •High level of familiarity with instrumentation and control (programmable logic control, high speed data acquisition, pressure transducers, thermocouples, RTDs, strain gauges, accelerometers, flow meters, load cells, relays, solenoid valves) and experience with code based data analytics (Python, R, MATLAB, NI LabVIEW)
Experience:1+ yearsAerospace
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:PythonRMATLABLabVIEWSCADAData analytics
Languages:English
Tech Stack:PythonMATLABNI LabVIEWPressure transducersThermocouplesRTDStrain gaugesAccelerometersFlow metersLoad cellsRelaysSolenoid valves

Company Brief

SpaceX
Designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft for commercial and government customers, aiming to reduce space transportation costs and enable human life on Mars through reusable launch vehicles and integrated space systems.
Industry: Aerospace Manufacturing
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Established Company
Valuation: Hectocorn (USD 100B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: Hawthorne, United States
Founded: 2002
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