Principal Test Equipment Design Engineer

All Qualified candidates will be responded to in 24 hours or less
Interim Secret required prior to start
Employment type: Full Time W-2 or Contract
Rate: open to Negotiation
Benefits: including Health Dental Vision PTO Holidays 401Ketc


Principal Test Equipment Design Engineer

Location: Tewksbury MA
Schedule: MondayFriday 8:00 AM5:00 PM
Clearance: Interim Secret required prior to start; active/transferable U.S. security clearance preferred
Citizenship: U.S. Citizenship required

Role Summary

We are seeking a Principal Test Equipment Design Engineer to support the development of advanced test platforms factory test systems and automated test architectures for defense programs.

This role is suited for an engineer with a strong background in electrical design test equipment development software automation and technical leadership. The engineer will support the full test equipment lifecycle from requirements definition and architecture through design integration verification deployment troubleshooting and final sell-off in production or field/depot environments.

The work may include analog digital RF high-power embedded software firmware ATE COTS instrumentation custom fixtures interface cabling and harnessing.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design development integration and deployment of complex factory test systems.
• Develop test hardware software and/or firmware from requirements definition through manufacturing or customer deployment.
• Support test capabilities across power RF analog digital hardware software and firmware domains.
• Design and support customized and COTS Automatic Test Equipment systems.
• Support custom electro-mechanical fixtures interface assemblies cabling harnessing and test architectures.
• Work with engineering production operations and external partners to define test capability and capacity needs.
• Identify test readiness issues technical risks and optimization opportunities throughout the development lifecycle.
• Lead medium-to-large technical teams to meet project budget schedule and performance commitments.
• Provide technical direction mentoring and work assignment support to engineers and junior team members.
• Support manufacturing operations through hands-on troubleshooting and debugging of test systems.
• Collaborate with design engineering teams to resolve production lab and deployment issues.
• Prepare and present project status to functional leadership program leadership and stakeholder groups.
• Track and report cost schedule financial earned value risk and opportunity status.
• Contribute technical cost and schedule inputs for bid and proposal efforts.

Required Qualifications

• 8 years of relevant engineering experience.
• Bachelors degree in Science Technology Engineering Mathematics or related technical field typically required.
• Experience in an engineering design and development environment.
• 4 years of direct experience with test equipment design and development.
• Experience leading technical teams engineering projects or multi-discipline technical efforts.
• Experience with test hardware test software firmware integration verification or deployment.
• Experience supporting production manufacturing factory test lab test or field/depot test environments.
• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Ability to obtain Interim Secret clearance prior to start.

Preferred Qualifications

• Active and transferable U.S. government security clearance.
• Experience with National Instruments tools such as TestStand LabWindows/CVI and/or LabVIEW.
• Experience with digital analog RF and/or power supply test hardware design.
• Experience with commercial test and measurement equipment including oscilloscopes DMMs network analyzers power supplies and related lab instrumentation.
• Experience with automation of commercial test equipment.
• Experience with project management tools such as MS Project Jira Confluence and EVMS tracking software.
• Strong decision-making troubleshooting and technical problem-solving skills.
• Experience supporting ATE COTS test systems custom fixtures cabling harnessing or production test architectures.
• Experience communicating technical status risks schedules and execution plans to engineering and program leadership.

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