Senior Staff Test Engineer - Electric Engines

As Senior Staff Test Engineer you will be responsible for;

• Conduct reliability and certification testing on electric propulsion systems, including motor, gearbox, and inverter assemblies for aircraft.
• Develop comprehensive test plans and collaborate across engineering teams to ensure successful execution.
• Lead a team of test engineers to deliver testing milestones on schedule.
• Design, develop, and procure complete test setups for DO-160 environmental testing, design verification, and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) validation.
• Perform and oversee high-voltage and power electronics testing; design, build, and operate high-voltage lab equipment.
• Supervise and execute HIL regression testing to validate system performance.
• Build and maintain digital infrastructure for test data storage, analysis, and visualization.
• Analyze test data and present results through dashboards and detailed failure summaries.
• Document test outcomes in clear, structured reports to support aircraft certification efforts.
• Adhere to safety protocols when working with high-voltage systems.
• Lead root cause investigations for device failures and drive continuous product improvement.

Qualifications;

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering.
• At least 7 years of experience in roles such as Test Engineer or Systems Engineer.
• High-voltage testing of batteries or power electronics systems.
• Development of high-voltage and high-power test setups.
• High-voltage safety standards (e.g., NFPA 70E or equivalent).
• System integration and testing of high-voltage systems.
• Software regression testing and HIL testing.
• Root cause analysis of system failures.
• Technical report writing.
• Tools such as National Instruments, LabVIEW, and MATLAB.

The actual salary offered is dependent on various factors including, but not limited to, location, the candidate’s combination of job-related knowledge, qualifications, skills, education, training, and experience

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