Development Test Specialist, Hardware Reliability (Starlink)
Core
Design and build test fixtures, stands, and procedures to ensure reliability of Starlink user terminal products; troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems.
Role type
Senior hands-on hardware reliability test specialist
Builds
Reliability test fixtures, instrumentation, and test procedures for Starlink terminals
Domain
Aerospace / Hardware Reliability
Required skills
Troubleshooting mechanical/electrical/pneumatic/hydraulic systems, fabricating test fixtures and setups, operating instrumentation (strain gages, pressure transducers, load cells, thermocouples, RTDs, accelerometers), fabricating cable harnesses (soldering, crimping), machining metal parts (milling, lathe), assembling high-pressure pneumatic/hydraulic systems, working with high voltage and cryogenic systems, reading schematics and blueprints
Preferred skills
Bachelor's degree in engineering/physics/statistics, reading P&ID diagrams, installing analog circuitry, operating hydraulic load control systems
Technologies
DAQ hardware, strain gages, pressure transducers, load cells, thermocouples, RTDs, accelerometers, analog circuitry, machine shop equipment (mill, lathe), pneumatic/hydraulic components (valves, regulators, accumulators)
Responsibilities
Troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems; Perform tests independently or with engineers; Summarize and distribute test data; Collaborate with engineers to develop and document test procedures; Independently fabricate instrumentation, wire harnesses, and mechanical components; Support anomaly investigations and implement process improvements
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
