Test Engineer

Engineer - Test

Location: Kent, WA

Onsite Flexibility: Onsite

Contract Details

• Position Type: Contract
• Contract Duration: 6 months
• Pay Rate: $49.67 $65.36 / Hour (USD)
• Shift / Schedule: Monday Friday, 8:00 AM 5:00 PM; overtime possible
• Work Authorization: Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Job Summary

This role supports the development and operations of New Glenn, a single-configuration, heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle capable of routinely carrying people and payloads to low-Earth orbit, geostationary transfer orbit, cislunar, and beyond. Its first stage is fully reusable, and the vehicle was designed from the beginning to be human-capable.

We are a dynamic team of collaborators, doers, and problem-solvers who are relentlessly committed to a culture of safety. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable space flight. Join us in lowering the cost of access to space and enabling the client's vision of millions of people living and working in space to benefit Earth.

As part of a dynamic and hardworking team of engineers, you will have primary responsibility for development, qualification, and production test campaigns on various New Glenn spaceflight systems. You will own the planning and execution of individual component and subassembly test campaigns on mechanical, actuated, hydraulic, cryogenic, and/or pneumatic systems from fabrication to delivery. You will author and maintain detailed test procedures, perform test readiness reviews and pre-test briefings, and conduct data reviews to verify the success of the test campaigns. You will work closely with design engineers to identify test requirements, with operations engineers to incorporate tests into the appropriate test stands, and with technicians to execute the procedures you author. You will identify the test fixtures, test support equipment, and data acquisition systems necessary to execute your testing scope and work with tooling and equipment designers as necessary to design and procure this hardware. You will drive efficiency gains in testing activities in order to increase testing throughput while maintaining a high standard of quality and prioritizing the safety of you and your teammates above all else. You will share in the team's impact on manufacturing, testing, and delivering hardware for the New Glenn Launch Vehicle.

We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and commitment to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute test plans.
• Analyze and document test results.
• Troubleshoot test issues.
• Work closely with technicians and engineers.
• Physically support testing activities and turn wrenches when needed.
• Provide regular status updates through daily or weekly progress reports.

Required Skills

• Strong work ethic with a high attention to detail and level of organization.
• Strong written, personal, and computer skills. Ability to communicate clearly and appropriately at the executive leadership level and on the shop floor.
• Successfully managed simultaneous project schedules.
• Passion for spaceflight and space exploration.
• Safety mentality.
• Showing motivation to get the training done quickly; buying into their milestones and objectives to get these campaigns completed.
• Ability to track work completed, provide regular status updates, and clearly communicate accomplishments through weekly progress reports and milestone tracking.

Preferred Skills

• Demonstrated technical expertise in design, operation, testing, or production of pressurized (up to 6000 psi), cryogenic, actuated, and/or hydraulic systems.
• Strong knowledge of fluid components such as valves, regulators, actuators, servo-valves, and fittings.
• Experience with sensors and instrumentation (pressure transducers, accelerometers, etc.), data acquisition, and automation systems.
• Familiarity with precision clean hardware and systems.
• Experience with Environmental Testing (proof, leak, vibration, thermal, etc.) per SMC-S-016, MIL-STD-1540 or MIL-STD-810.
• Demonstrated familiarity with data analysis, processing and reduction techniques.
• Experience with data acquisition and automated systems.
• Aerospace industry experience preferred but not required; candidates from gas or automotive industry would also work.
• Hydraulic testing experience is beneficial; pneumatic testing will make up the majority of the work.

Education Requirements

• B.S. degree or higher in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering, or other relevant field.

Required Experience

• 3 years of experience in component testing and data analysis.

Nice-to-Have Experience

• 5 years of applicable industry experience (launch vehicles, satellites, aircraft, motorsports, oil & gas).

Benefits

• Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance Plans
• 401k Retirement Fund

About the Client

This client is a leading organization in the aerospace and defense sector, focused on space exploration and the development of advanced launch vehicle systems. They design and operate heavy-lift orbital launch vehicles for commercial and human spaceflight applications.

About GTT

GTT is a minority-owned staffing firm and a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation, a Native American-owned company in Alaska. We highly value diverse and inclusive workplaces and support Fortune 500 organizations across banking, financial services, technology, life sciences, biotech, utilities, and retail sectors throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Job Number: 26-07885 Industry: Manufacturing & Operations

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