As a Senior Development Test Technician, you will play a critical role validating next-generation spacecraft hardware for the Mega Class satellite. In this role you will be working side-by-side with Design, Manufacturing, and Test Engineers helping establish the Mega Structures Lab, execute development test campaigns, develop test procedures, build custom test setups, and perform structural and mechanical testing. The ideal candidate is highly autonomous, mechanically inclined, and comfortable making informed decisions while raising technical risks and concerns, all while maintaining the highest standards of safety.

Build, assemble, modify, and tear down complex development test stands, fixtures, and one-off engineering hardware

Prepare test articles, for development and qualification testing

Execute static load, proof load, structural verification, leak checks, and subsystem development testing

Assemble hydraulic, pneumatic, mechanical systems used during testing

Install, route, and verify instrumentation and data acquisition hardware, including load cells, strain gauges, displacement sensors, accelerometers, thermocouples, video systems, and test harnesses

Perform fabrication and modification to fixtures and test hardware using manual machining, drilling, cutting, grinding, sanding, and other shop tools to support rapid iteration

Collaborate closely with Structural, Manufacturing, and Test Engineers throughout development

Troubleshoot test equipment, instrumentation, fixtures, and hardware anomalies

Identify technical risks and opportunities to improve tooling, test methods, lab processes, and overall test reliability

Monitor inventory of tooling, fittings, hoses, consumables, and other test equipment

Participate in rigging, crane, and lifting operations for test articles and test equipment

Senior Development Test Technician

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Qualification

Required

Preferred

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Company

K2 Space

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