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# Component Test Engineer

- **Company:** Blue Water Autonomy Inc.
- **Location:** Lexington, United States
- **Salary:** $65,000.0 - $80,000.0
- **Contract:** Internship / Graduate position
- **Skills:** Unit Testing, Configuration Management, Python (Programming Language), LabVIEW, MATLAB, Test Data, Data Logging, Hardware Infrastructure
- **Published:** September 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/component-test-engineer-blue-water-autonomy-8294276

## About the Role

* BS in Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace Engineering (or similar) with internship/project experience in labs.
 * Comfortable with basic test equipment (power supplies, DMMs, oscilloscopes, DAQ, sensors) and careful documentation.
 * Strong attention to detail and a bias for repeatable setups and clean data.
 * Able to communicate results clearly to engineers and non-test stakeholders.

Nice to Haves

 * Experience scripting for data capture/automation (Python/MATLAB/LabVIEW).
 * Familiarity with aerospace-style verification: procedure discipline, traceability, and configuration management.

## Description

We're seeking a Component Test Engineer to help verify and characterize hardware components and subassemblies before they become part of an integrated vehicle. This role is hands-on and systems-minded: you'll build test setups, execute procedures, collect high-quality data, and feed results back into design. The work follows aerospace-style test and evaluation practices where safety, traceability, and repeatable results are essential.

What You'll Do

 * Execute component and subsystem tests (electro-mechanical, sensors, actuators, power, thermal/vibe screening as appropriate).
 * Design and improve test fixtures and harnessing, including safe power-up procedures and instrumentation plans.
 * Write clear test procedures, acceptance criteria, and data-logging requirements; maintain configuration/version records for test setups.
 * Collect, sanity-check, and summarize test data (plots, pass/fail, anomalies); support root cause investigations and re-test loops.
 * Coordinate with design engineers and technicians to prioritize test queues and unblock builds with fast, credible feedback.
 * Support environmental and reliability thinking (what could fail, how to provoke it safely, what signals prove it).

Who You Are