Test Engineers | Test Operations Maintenance | Launch Ops
Core
Maintain structural, fluid, and electrical systems across test sites for liquid propellant rocket engine, thruster, and component testing.
Role type
Senior IC test operations maintenance engineer
Builds
Reusable, safe, low-cost space vehicles and systems
Domain
Aerospace propulsion and test operations
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
mechanical and electro-mechanical systems maintenance, root cause analysis, high-pressure/cryogenic/hydraulic/pneumatic systems troubleshooting, data analysis, instrumentation interpretation, engineering drawing reading, fluid mechanics and thermodynamics fundamentals
Preferred skills
predictive maintenance scripting, training curriculum development, process improvement strategies
Technologies
Windows, Microsoft Office, data acquisition systems, pressure transducers, thermocouples, silicon diodes, resistance temperature detectors, flow measurement devices, accelerometers
Responsibilities
Author work instructions for hardware maintenance, identify and define preventative maintenance plans, perform root cause analysis and implement corrective actions, support functional testing of components using high-pressure systems, coordinate with external vendors for maintenance, participate in Test Readiness and Risk Assessment Reviews, provide technical support for new designs, establish training curriculum for engineers and technicians, support inventory management of equipment and spares
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC