Assembly, Integration and Test Engineer III

Perform hands-on assembly and integration of spacecraft buses, payloads, and experiments within government facilities

Support integration of CubeSat through ESPA-class spacecraft and high-altitude balloon systems

Integrate flight hardware and software components, ensuring proper interfaces and functionality

Support spacecraft mechanical installation, harnessing, thermal blanketing, and system closeouts

Coordinate with spacecraft subsystem engineers (power, communications, attitude control, propulsion, structures)

Maintain clean room protocols, ESD procedures, and contamination control standards

Support government integration facility management including equipment maintenance and calibration

Develop and execute test plans for space-qualified environmental testing: Thermal vacuum testing (hot/cold operational and survival temperatures) Vibration and shock testing (simulating launch environments) Acoustic testing (launch vehicle acoustic environments) EMI/EMC testing (electromagnetic compatibility for space systems) Functional testing (end-to-end spacecraft operations verification)

Thermal vacuum testing (hot/cold operational and survival temperatures)

Vibration and shock testing (simulating launch environments)

Acoustic testing (launch vehicle acoustic environments)

EMI/EMC testing (electromagnetic compatibility for space systems)

Functional testing (end-to-end spacecraft operations verification)

Conduct systems-level tests to evaluate performance of spacecraft, balloon, and ground systems/subsystems

Operate and maintain test equipment including thermal chambers, shake tables, and RF test equipment

Perform data reduction, analysis, and review of functional and environmental test results

Develop documented data acquisition, processing, analysis, and modeling/simulation tools for test evaluations

Develop comprehensive test plans, test procedures, and test cases for spacecraft verification and validation

Draft and review test specifications and user's guides

Prepare Safety Plans and Risk Management Plans for test activities

Document experimental processes and results to allow independent reproduction of tests

Participate in programmatic, technical, and safety reviews

Conduct reliability, operability, interoperability, and performance assessments

Maintain test reports, compliance artifacts, and lessons learned documentation

Support flight experiment launch integration activities at launch sites

Support telemetry archiving, analysis, and post-launch documentation

Pack, protect, and ship flight experiments and support equipment to launch facilities

Support hardware and software integration in preparation for launch, including: Mechanical installation and interface verification Functional testing and health checks Thermal blanketing and final closeouts Inspection and fairing integration Range safety procedures Day-of-launch processes and anomaly resolution

Mechanical installation and interface verification

Functional testing and health checks

Thermal blanketing and final closeouts

Inspection and fairing integration

Range safety procedures

Day-of-launch processes and anomaly resolution

Maintain and upgrade government integration capabilities and equipment

Identify and recommend mitigation for hazardous situations in workspaces, test facilities, integration areas, and pre-launch facilities

Support government integration facility management, including: Personnel training on laboratory equipment and safety procedures Facility security and access control compliance Safety compliance and hazard identification Maintain and upgrade government integration capabilities and equipment

Personnel training on laboratory equipment and safety procedures

Facility security and access control compliance

Safety compliance and hazard identification Maintain and upgrade government integration capabilities and equipment

Analyze test results, troubleshoot issues, and support root cause analysis for test failures

Support re-engineering and re-design of software and hardware after testing

Implement corrective actions and retest to verify fixes

Document failure modes, lessons learned, and design improvements

Work closely with systems engineers, software engineers, hardware engineers, and operations personnel

Support direct analytical, technician, and systems engineering tasks of the RVE Assembly, Integration, and Testing Infrastructure Lead(s)

Provide technical support for design reviews, customer demonstrations, and field testing

This is a journeyman level position.