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Test Engineers | Test Operations Maintenance | Launch Ops

Van Horn, TX💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-14 → 2026-09-25

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

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