Vast
Avionics System Test Operations Engineer
$121K–$183K
Long Beach, California, United States · Full-time · Posted Oct 22, 2026
- Experience
- 2+ years of post bachelor’s experience working with or developing hardware test systems; 2+ years’ experience building and maintaining hardware test systems. Applicants across a range of experience levels are welcome.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or other hard science.
About the job
Develops and operates automated avionics test systems and Hardware-in-the-Loop assets to validate Haven-1 systems, support test operations, and resolve anomalies.
What you'll do
- Capture test criteria, develop test procedures and system-level cases, and validate test outputs with stakeholders.
- Plan and operate test systems, troubleshoot issues, and develop automation tools for test execution and analysis.
- Support HITL asset design, operator training, anomaly resolution, and test-system documentation and handover.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or other hard science.
- 2+ years of post bachelor’s experience working with or developing hardware test systems; 2+ years’ experience building and maintaining hardware test systems.
- Experience operating and maintaining Linux systems, using power supplies, electronic loads, oscilloscopes, and digital multimeters, and designing and/or maintaining computer networks.
- Root-cause analysis and problem-solving expertise in avionics or complex hardware environments; familiarity with basic electrical and wiring concepts and python programming.
Nice to have
- Experience with satellite communications or telemetry systems, requirement-driven avionics/electronics test plans, or automated and HITL test systems.
- Familiarity with C++, embedded systems, space-system testing standards, Git, Cmake, GNU tools, CI/CD, Docker, or modular DAQ ecosystems.
Pay
$121,100 — $183,260 USD (base salary)
Tools
Linux, python, C++, Git, Cmake, GNU tools, Docker, JIRA
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