Test Engineer (JOB ID 003397)

Job Description

Test Engineer (Ordnance & HERO) | Huntsville, AL | Active Secret Required

Innovien is supporting the work on a major national defense initiative, and we’re hiring a Test Engineer to own ordnance and HERO testing on flight hardware headed for qualification. You’ll join an environmental qualification team that covers thermal, lightning, HERO, ordnance, mechanisms, and integration testing, so there’s real room to grow across the full test campaign.

What You’ll Do

• Set up and run ordnance tests on flight hardware, from receipt and inspection through test and post-test reporting
• Perform cabling, continuity, and isolation checks on ordnance firing circuits and initiation systems
• Support HERO (Hazards of Electromagnetic Radiation to Ordnance) test events, setting up RF exposure and monitoring ordnance items throughout
• Support integration and hardware-in-the-loop testing as hardware moves toward flight qualification
• Document results and brief findings to the qualification team, following explosives safety and configuration control procedures throughout

What You Bring

• 3+ years of hands-on ordnance testing on missile or space flight hardware, including handling and installing electro-explosive devices (EEDs)
• 3+ years of HERO testing, including setting up RF exposure and monitoring ordnance for unintended initiation
• 4+ years of integration and hardware-in-the-loop testing, connecting flight hardware to simulators and test sets and running test procedures
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Aerospace Engineering or a related field
• Active U.S. Secret clearance

Nice to Have

• Writing HERO test plans and performing HERO susceptibility analyses
• MIL-STD-461 EMI/EMC testing, including RS-103 radiated susceptibility
• Data acquisition systems and test automation in LabVIEW or Python
• Prior support of DoD missile or space programs

Details

• Active U.S. Secret clearance required to start
• 100% onsite, Huntsville, AL
• Relocation assistance
• W2 employment with Innovien Solutions

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