Orion Test Operations Engineer-Entry Level

About the Role

The Electrical Test Operations Engineer (ETOE) will plan, prepare, and execute test activities for the Artemis program. This role provides in-person support throughout the third-shift schedule, including weekends and occasional holiday coverage.

Key Responsibilities

• Achieve certification as an ETOE.
• Provide night shift, in-person test support for a 24 × 7 test program that operates 365 days a year, including holidays.
• Prepare and configure electrical test equipment, GSE, and instrumentation in accordance with certified test conductor (CTC) direction.
• Develop and maintain detailed test plans and procedures for SOPs, EFCPs, and harnessing and/or instrumentation.
• Read and understand detailed test plans, procedures, and schedules.
• Participate in the execution of functional, performance, and environmental tests within a collaborative team environment.
• Proficient in AI prompting as it applies to this position and practice.
• Plans, implements, tests, documents, and maintains solutions for the integration and testing of in-house developed and COTS/GOTS components, elements, subsystems and/or systems.
• Synthesizes customer contractual needs and requirements into system test solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule and cost constraints.
• Establishes functional and technical specifications and standards, solves hardware/software interface problems, defines input/output parameters, and ensures integration of the entire system or subsystem.
• Reviews, evaluates and derives requirements for testability, develops and directs preparation and execution of comprehensive test plans, procedures and schedules for complete systems and/or subsystems.
• Coordinates subsystem and/or system testing activities with programs and other organizations.
• Performs analysis of test results and prepares comprehensive subsystem and/or system level evaluation reports which verify and validate system performance.
• Writes discrepancy reports and performs integration regression testing to verify/validate incorporated fixes to software, components, subsystems and systems.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Proficiency with electrical test and measurement equipment (e.g., oscilloscopes, multimeters, spectrum analyzers).
• Ability to work a long-term night shift schedule, including weekends and occasional holidays.
• Ability to read and interpret schematics, wiring diagrams, and test procedures.
• Ability to lift test equipment (typically up to 40 lb) and work at various heights or confined spaces.
• Ability to document test results, write technical instructions, and coordinate with cross-functional teams using voice net-communications.
• Basic exposure to crewed spacecraft or high-reliability flight hardware (e.g., academic projects, co-op assignments, internships – especially any night-shift or off-hour testing).
• Fundamental understanding of test engineering processes—test plans, procedures, execution—gained through coursework, labs, or short-term projects.
• Demonstrated initiative and ability to work independently while always following approved procedures and coordinating with the broader team.
• Experience with automation-framework tools.

Qualifications

• Strong problem-solving, communication, and documentation skills.
• Demonstrated initiative and the ability to work independently while always following approved procedures and coordinating with the broader team.

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $58200.00 - $108200.00

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10)
• 401(k) match
• Paid time off
• Holidays
• Parental Leave
• EAP
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Education Assistance
• Life Insurance
• Short-Term Disability
• Long-Term Disability
• Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position.