What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lead Electronics Test Engineer position at Cluster?
Company: Electric Vehicle Company
Opportunity: Our client is looking for a Lead Electronics Test Engineer who will be responsible for developing and certifying testing of low voltage system electronics for our electric aircraft.
Requirements: You have 8 years of experience developing and modifying functional test protocols in the aerospace or aviation industry.
Core responsibilities
- Develop formal test plans, procedures, instrumentation plans, test stand/fixture designs, and data acquisition architectures for thorough and repeatable testing of electronics.
- Identify test objectives, instrumentation needs, devise test matrices, and define detailed test procedures.
- Procure appropriate and configuration-controlled test articles and prepare them with appropriate instrumentation for a given test.
- Work closely with test equipment design engineers to define requirements and expectations of the test stand.
- Perform post-test failure inspection, diagnose failures by identifying root cause, document findings, and provide feedback for design improvement.
- Verify assigned Airborne Electronic Hardware meets or exceeds design requirements and provide necessary testing information/documentation for FAA certification requirements.
- Contribute to the technical writing of Qualification Test Plans and Procedures (QTP) during submission for FAA approval.
- Execute witnessed tests for certification credit after acceptance of QTPs by DER and FAA.
Required
- B.S. in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering with 8 years of work experience in Test Engineering OR M.S. with 6 years of experience
- Experience developing and modifying functional test protocols
- Experience with multiple environmental tests: thermal cycling, humidity, salt fog, fluid proofness, vibration and shock
- Experience with instrumentation used for environmental tests (e.g. multimeters, accelerometers, thermistors, current probes).
- Experience with electromagnetic environments such as lightning, high-intensity radiated field, voltage spikes and power interruptions.
Ideal candidate
- Experience with testing electronics hardware to DO-160, MIL-810 or similar standards
- Experience with root cause analysis of electronics failure.
- Experience with Matlab/Python
- Experience with LabView
- Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
- Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
- Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
- Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
- Short Term & Long Term Disability
- Stock Option Plan
