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# Avionics Test Engineer

- **Company:** Moon Corporation
- **Location:** Hawthorne, CA, United States
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Testing (Software), Altium Designer, Automation of Tests, Unit Testing, C++ (Programming Language), Code Coverage, Computer Programming, Embedded Software, Ethernet, Firmware, Python (Programming Language), Operational Databases, Systems Development Life Cycle, Schematic Capture, Test Data, Hardware Testing, MIL-STD-810 Environmental Testing, Pcb Layout
- **Published:** September 18, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.thejobnetwork.com/job/618b7b77-3f31-4be7-a443-de317782cc2e/avionics-test-engineer-all-levels

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree in a science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM) related field
 * 1+ years of experience with avionics development, hardware test, manufacturing, or test automation, including hardware and software responsibilities
 * Experience with test equipment and measurement techniques, such as oscilloscopes, DMMs, DAQs, and electronic loads, to verify and validate electronic hardware requirements, * Programming experience in Python, C/C++, or a similar language
 * Experience designing and validating automated test racks, including custom PCBAs, signal conditioning, instrumentation selection, and wire harness design
 * Experience with SMC-S-016, MIL-STD-810, or other environmental testing standards, including shock, thermal, burn-in, TVAC, vibration, and EMI/EMC testing
 * Experience with avionics hardware such as power electronics, motor controllers, GNC sensors, optics, RF devices, or communication interfaces including Ethernet, RS-422, RS-485, and CAN
 * Experience with schematic capture, PCB layout, or wire harness design using Altium Designer or equivalent tools
 * Experience reading electrical schematics and understanding electronics manufacturing processes to analyze and improve test coverage
 * Experience with embedded software development, firmware integration, and nonconformance, MRB, or corrective action processes in a flight hardware production environment
 * For senior and staff levels: experience leading test campaigns from kickoff through test report, mentoring engineers, and setting standards for test system development and validation

## Description

The Avionics Test Engineer will design, build, and operate the automated test systems that verify every rover avionics unit before it leaves the factory. You will develop test hardware and software, execute acceptance and qualification test campaigns, and work alongside Responsible Engineers and Manufacturing Engineers to make our avionics more testable, more reliable, and faster to build. This posting covers entry-level through staff-level positions, and leveling will be commensurate with experience.
What you'll do:

 * Own the full lifecycle of avionics unit test systems: architecture definition, rack design (DCR, PDR, CDR, TRR), implementation, validation, and production sustainment
 * Design and develop automated test systems including COTS equipment selection, custom PCBA and harness design, and fixturing to verify UUT functionality and exercise failure modes
 * Write test automation software in Python, C/C++, or similar languages to interface with units under test, test equipment, and production data platforms (MES and test data archive)
 * test software to verify UUT functionality, exercise failure modes, and interface with production data platforms (MES and test data archive)
 * Partner with Responsible Engineers and Manufacturing Engineers to provide Design for Test (DFT) feedback, improve test coverage, and increase product reliability and yield
 * Own flight hardware through environmental screening, including thermal, vibration, TVAC, and burn-in, and serve as the primary contact for issues or stoppages
 * Root cause test anomalies and production failures, drive corrective actions to closure, and support vehicle-level failure investigations as needed


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