Deployable Structures Test Engineer
Core
Design and execute gravity-offload deployment test campaigns for large deployable antenna structures to verify repeatability and kinematics.
Role type
Deployable Structures Test Engineer
Builds
Ground-to-flight correlation data for space-based communication systems
Domain
Aerospace / Satellite Systems / Structural Mechanics
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
gravity-offload test campaign design, deployment kinematics characterization, force profile analysis, ground-to-flight correlation, aperture geometry verification, test facility operations
Preferred skills
zero-gravity simulation expertise, mechanisms design, structural testing
Technologies
deployable antenna structures, test facilities
Responsibilities
Design gravity-offload deployment test campaigns, Execute deployment test campaigns, Characterize deployment kinematics and force profiles, Establish ground-to-flight correlation, Verify deployment repeatability against aperture geometry requirements, Operate test facility equipment
Seniority
Individual Contributor, hands-on testing