Castelion
Development Test Engineer
Torrance, CA +3 · Full-time · Posted Sep 7, 2026
- Location
- Torrance, CA
Rio Rancho, NM
19951 Mariner Ave, Torance, CA 90503
2601 29th Ave NW, Rio Rancho, NM 87144 - Experience
- 3+ years; academic, industry, or both.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, or related engineering field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Employment is contingent on the candidate’s ability to access applicable export-controlled information without additional export licensing. If the position requires classified access or restricted government-site access, employment may also depend on obtaining and maintaining required U.S. Government clearance or authorization and meeting applicable citizenship or other eligibility requirements.
About the job
Plans, executes, and analyzes hardware tests to validate and qualify avionics, propulsion, structures, and integrated vehicle subsystems for flight readiness.
What you'll do
- Design test fixtures, ground support equipment, and instrumentation; author test plans, procedures, and reports.
- Conduct hardware, environmental, and vehicle-level testing, then investigate anomalies and feed results into design improvements.
- Support integration, range, and flight-test operations while maintaining test data and configuration documentation.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, or a related engineering field.
- 3+ years of hands-on development and test experience (academic, industry, or both).
- Experience planning and executing hardware tests from concept through report-out.
- Proficiency with test instrumentation and lab equipment, and ability to design and fabricate simple fixtures and GSE.
Nice to have
- Aerospace, missile, launch vehicle, space, or defense hardware testing; environmental testing experience.
- Test automation and data analysis using Python, MATLAB, or similar; flight test, range operations, or HIL experience.
Tools
DAQs, oscilloscopes, power supplies, sensors, CAD, Python, MATLAB, HIL
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