Senior Environmental Test Engineer
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Overview
This role is vital as it ensures our satellites are tested reliably, on schedule, and to the high standards required for us to launch.
Responsibilities
- Perform test feasibility assessment during early satellite program phases.
- Build long-term and short-term environmental test plans based on program needs.
- Produce SOPs and process documentation for all test equipment operations.
- Oversee readiness, calibration, and maintenance (including maintenance contracts) for vibration tables, TVAC chambers, thermal systems, and EMC/EMI test equipment.
- Prepare hardware, instrumentation, facility setups, and DAQ configurations prior to test campaigns.
- Lead execution of Vibration, TVAC, Thermal, and EMC/EMI tests.
- Supervise test technicians; ensure procedural discipline and configuration control.
- Analyze test data and generate qualification/acceptance reports.
- Interface with Systems Engineering, AIT, QA, and external vendors on environmental test matters.
Must-have Skills & Experience
- Satellite Environmental test engineering experience (Vibration, TVAC, Thermal, EMC/EMI)
- Ability to conduct feasibility assessments & long-term test planning
- Strong knowledge of instrumentation & DAQ systems
- Ability to write SOPs, process docs, and procedures
- Experience with test standards (GEVS, MIL-STD-1540, ECSS, etc.)
- Strong analytical skills for test data interpretation
- Experience managing maintenance and calibration programs
- Cross-functional communication & documentation discipline
Nice-to-Have Skills & Experience
- Python scripting / automation
- EMC/EMI test experience
- Experience in satellite manufacturing environments
- Familiarity with high-volume test cycles and cleanroom operations.
- Experience with design-for-test inputs
- Orbitworks' mission is to make space simple for organizations that want to deploy physical and virtual missions to space.
- Building on Loft Orbital's heritage, Orbitworks will be the first commercial firm in the United Arab Emirates to mass-manufacture satellites.
- Orbitworks aims to manufacture tens of satellites annually and operates out of a 50,000-square-foot facility in Abu Dhabi.
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