Verification & Qualification Engineer - Solar & Deployables
$183,000–$198,000 year
On-siteSan Jose, California, United States
Job Summary
Capture, flow down, and manage requirements for solar and deployable systems from mission to component levels, maintaining the requirements verification and traceability matrix. Partner with design engineers to ensure requirements are complete and testable, while developing qualification and acceptance test plans ahead of hardware availability. Identify verification risks and long-lead test needs early, then coordinate and execute hands-on test campaigns across vibration, TVAC, thermal cycling, and deployment facilities. Own test data capture, reduction, and reporting, managing nonconformances to drive closure with root cause analysis. Contribute to FMECA and single-point-failure analysis to ensure test coverage addresses credible failure modes. Represent verification in design reviews and help establish the group's structured product development process.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience developing, building, or testing complex, high-reliability hardware
- 3+ years in requirements management, verification, or qualification
- Demonstrated experience with requirements traceability and structured verification (RVTM or equivalent, e.g., design controls / DHF in medical device)
- Experience planning and/or executing qualification, acceptance, or environmental test campaigns
- Strong understanding of verification methods — test, analysis, inspection, demonstration — and how to select and defend them
- Hands-on test experience: procedures, fixtures, instrumentation, data capture, and reporting
- Excellent written documentation skills: test plans, procedures, reports, and traceability records
- Strong systems-level thinking and attention to detail, with the discipline to maintain rigor under schedule pressure
- Excellent communication and cross-functional coordination skills
- B.S. or higher in Mechanical, Electrical, Systems, Biomedical, Aerospace Engineering, or related field
- Onsite work at our San Jose three days a week
Desired Qualifications
- Space industry experience with flight hardware qualification (mechanisms, arrays, or structures)
- Familiarity with space environmental test standards (NASA-STD-5017, GEVS, ECSS, MIL-STD-810/1540)
- Medical device or other regulated-industry background (design controls, ISO 13485/14971, IQ/OQ/PQ) applied to hardware development
- Experience with requirements management tools (DOORS, Jama, or similar)
- Experience with reliability engineering, FMECA, or single-point-failure analysis
- Familiarity with deployment testing and gravity-offload methods
- Software skills in Python, MATLAB, or similar for data reduction
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