Development Test Engineer, Structures (Starship)

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DEVELOPMENT TEST ENGINEER, STRUCTURES (STARSHIP)

RESPONSIBILITIES :

This position is a test engineer for the Starship Structural Test team. This team develops, designs, builds, and executes large system-level static and dynamic structural tests. The test engineer role is highly multidisciplinary; the individual may be expected to :

• Work with vehicle engineers, develop and execute static and dynamic system-level structural tests from conception. This includes test article and test stand configuration, boundary conditions, fluid, electrical, and software schematics, and concept of operations
• Design, modify, and build mechanical systems. Systems include small lugs and brackets through large structural weldments
• Design, modify, build, and troubleshoot fluid systems. Systems include low to high-pressure gaseous working fluids, rocket propellants (including cryogenic propellants), and hydraulic load control systems
• Design, modify, build, and troubleshoot data acquisition (DAQ) and control systems, wiring, and instrumentation. DAQ systems are primarily NI-based and instruments include strain gages, pressure transducers, deflection gages, load cells, thermocouples, and resistance temperature detectors (RTD)
• Develop and maintain test procedures, sequences, scripts, configuration files, and software
• Operate the test stand from test assembly and activation through test execution with a small team of engineers and technicians
• Provide daily direction and instruction to technicians to integrate test articles and hardware (install instrumentation and wiring, assemble small and large mechanical components, repair metallic structures, pressurize and functional check of pressure systems, lift and transport large structures)
• Review data manually or using automatic scripts

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