Senior Environmental Test Engineer

Overview

Responsibilities

• Perform test feasibility assessment during early satellite program phases.
• Build long-term and short-term environmental test plans based on program needs.
• Produce SOPs and process documentation for all test equipment operations.
• Oversee readiness, calibration, and maintenance (including maintenance contracts) for vibration tables, TVAC chambers, thermal systems, and EMC/EMI test equipment.
• Prepare hardware, instrumentation, facility setups, and DAQ configurations prior to test campaigns.
• Lead execution of Vibration, TVAC, Thermal, and EMC/EMI tests.
• Supervise test technicians; ensure procedural discipline and configuration control.
• Analyze test data and generate qualification/acceptance reports.
• Interface with Systems Engineering, AIT, QA, and external vendors on environmental test matters.

Must-Have Skills & Experience

• Satellite Environmental test engineering experience (Vibration, TVAC, Thermal, EMC/EMI)
• Ability to conduct feasibility assessments & long-term test planning
• Strong knowledge of instrumentation & DAQ systems
• Ability to write SOPs, process docs, and procedures
• Experience with test standards (GEVS, MIL-STD-1540, ECSS, etc.)
• Strong analytical skills for test data interpretation
• Experience managing maintenance and calibration programs
• Cross-functional communication & documentation discipline

Nice-To-Have Skills & Experience

• Python scripting / automation
• EMC/EMI test experience
• Experience in satellite manufacturing environments
• Familiarity with high-volume test cycles and cleanroom operations.
• Experience with design-for-test inputs
• Orbitworks' mission is to make space simple for organizations that want to deploy physical and virtual missions to space.
• Building on Loft Orbital's heritage, Orbitworks will be the first commercial firm in the United Arab Emirates to mass-manufacture satellites.
• Orbitworks aims to manufacture tens of satellites annually and operates out of a 50,000-square-foot facility in Abu Dhabi.