Systems Integration & Test Engineer, Avionics (All Levels)
$110,000–$200,000 year
On-siteTorrance, California, United States
Job Summary
Architect and execute full suite of hardware test capabilities for avionics and control systems, moving from prototype to production. Own test requirements, automated test equipment (ATE) development, integration, validation, and performance characterization across power electronics, digital interfaces, RF assemblies, motion control, and flight avionics. Design fixtures, build automated test stations, and support design verification and qualification while defining test performance envelopes for components and integrated subsystems. Lead failure analysis and root-cause investigations, feeding results back into design cycles. Deploy and validate automated test equipment for boards and sub-systems, driving qualification and environmental test campaigns including thermal, vibration, and EMI. This role blends hands-on lab work with systems-level reasoning and close collaboration with electrical, controls, software, and mechanical engineering teams.
Required Qualifications
- B.S./M.S. in Electrical, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Aerospace, or related
- Experience testing high-power subsystems, high-speed digital interfaces, actuators, or RF hardware
- Hands-on experience developing automated test equipment using instruments such as oscilloscopes, DMMs, power supplies, loads, switch matrices, network analyzers, etc.
- Familiarity with embedded control systems and interfaces (CAN, RS-422/485, SPI, Ethernet)
- Experience with instrumentation control and data acquisition (Python, C++, protobufs, scripting)
- Ability to work independently and lead cross-functional test integration
- The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government–issued security clearance
- U.S. citizenship
Desired Qualifications
- Experience in RF testing fundamentals or more advanced knowledge of Radar architecture
- Experience with software development for test automation for digital, power, and RF electronics (Python preferred)
- Experience controlling test instrumentation using SCPI, VISA, or PyVISA commands
- Experience developing GUIs or dashboards
- Experience in writing custom scripts for data analysis & database creation
- Experience writing software for Environmental Chambers and/or RF Chambers
- Exposure to flight-like test environments, including environmental stress screening (ESS)
- Experience with fault injection, failure mode testing, and reliability qualification for mission-critical systems
- Working knowledge of C/C++ or Python for custom test tooling or embedded systems debugging
- Background supporting flight test or launch operations
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