Castelion
Lead Avionics Test Engineer
Torrance, CA +1 · Full-time · Posted Sep 7, 2026
- Location
- Torrance, CA
19951 Mariner Ave, Torance, CA 90503 - Experience
- No number of years specified.
- Education
- B.S./M.S. in Electrical, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Aerospace, or related.
- Visa sponsorship
- Employment is contingent on the ability to access applicable export-controlled information without additional export licensing. If classified access or restricted government-site access requirements apply, employment may also depend on obtaining and maintaining the required U.S. Government security clearance or authorization and meeting applicable citizenship or other eligibility requirements.
About the job
Leads the avionics test organization and develops test infrastructure, automated equipment, and validation programs for components, subsystems, and integrated flight avionics.
What you'll do
- Set technical direction and mentor engineers while establishing scalable test standards and processes.
- Develop test plans, fixtures, hardware-in-the-loop environments, and automated test rigs; validate hardware performance and ensure test traceability.
- Lead failure analysis and qualification/environmental test campaigns, and feed results back into hardware design cycles.
What they ask for
- B.S./M.S. in Electrical, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Aerospace, or a related field.
- Experience testing high-power subsystems, high-speed digital interfaces, actuators, or RF hardware.
- Hands-on experience developing automated test equipment using lab instruments.
- Familiarity with embedded control systems and interfaces (CAN, RS-422/485, SPI, Ethernet), plus instrumentation control and data acquisition (Python, C++, protobufs, scripting).
Nice to have
- RF testing fundamentals or advanced knowledge of Radar architecture; flight-like test environments or flight test/launch operations.
- Test automation software, SCPI/VISA/PyVISA, dashboards, data analysis/database scripts, environmental or RF chambers, fault injection, or reliability qualification experience.
Tools
CAN, RS-422/485, SPI, Ethernet, Python, C++, protobufs, SCPI
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