
Onsite Job - Mechanical Test Engineer
- San Jose, CA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Systems is a global defense, aerospace and security company with more than 83,000 employees worldwide.
- The Company delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support and services.
- We are hiring an entry level engineering position at Systems, Combat Mission Systems (CMS) in the Integration and Test organization in San Jose, CA.
- This is a hands-on engineering position and includes traveling to support field tests. This position supports product development, integration and testing to verify requirements on tracked and wheeled military vehicle platforms.
- The broad variety of responsibilities and skills include: test requirements analysis, decomposition and test plan development; test environment design and set-up (including fixtures, control systems, monitoring tools and instrumentation); test execution; data analysis and troubleshooting with recommendations; and test reporting. Vehicle (system) level testing includes software/hardware verification testing in a lab environment and field testing for vehicle performance, durability, navigation, targeting and weapon system testing.
- Component level testing includes engineering, development and qualification tests for vibration, shock, thermal, hydraulic, airflow, electrical, limit/ultimate loading and cyclic tests.
- Advanced skills to be developed include vibration and shock expertise, custom instrumentation setup, lab and on vehicle operational testing, data analysis and reporting. This position supports a variety of tests conducted in the Vehicle Technology and Integration Lab (VTIL); at Camp Roberts, CA; and in the Mechanical Component Lab (MCL).
- Typically a bachelor's degree in engineering.
- We may consider additional experience in lieu of a degree
- Core engineering background in Mechanical, Mechatronics, or Aerospace.
- Initiative and leadership.
- Mechanical aptitude with hands-on abilities and strong troubleshooting skills.
- Must work well independently and as part of a team.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to provide clear direction and guidance and/or execute on given direction from others.
- Ability to travel for a month at a time.
- System or component level integration and testing experience including instrumentation and data acquisition setup, and data analysis.
- Experience with CAN Bus and/or MIL-STD-1553 Bus, and familiarity with monitoring and analysis tools.
- Test fixture design using CREO/Pro Engineer and/or other physical based modeling skills.
- Advanced data processing, analysis, and presentation (MATLAB, VBA, etc).
- Experience with Vibration, Shock, ESS and HALT testing skills and/or MIL-STD-810 Environmental Testing with programming and operations of electrodynamic shakers
- Training in spectral analysis relative to vibration testing, mechatronics skills, automotive design, or related test experience are preferred.
- Veterans with applicable training/experience are highly encouraged to apply.
- Typically a bachelor's degree in engineering. We may consider additional experience in lieu of a degree.
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering.