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# Payload Integration and Test Engineer

- **Company:** Indotronix International Corporation
- **Location:** Palm Bay, FL, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $124,800.0 - $128,960.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Configuration Management, Data Integrity, Verification and Validation (Software)
- **Published:** October 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9231123/payload-integration-and-test-engineer

## About the Role

* Bachelor's Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience.
 * Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience.
 * In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.
 * Active TS/SCI Clearance

## Description

This position serves as an Integration and Test Engineer responsible for directing and performing test operations across a suite of space payload products. The role combines technical leadership, operational oversight, and hands on execution to ensure payload hardware is thoroughly validated. The engineer will manage a small team of engineers and technicians while also actively engaging in test activities to maintain schedule fidelity and support high priority operations. Close collaboration with cross functional engineering, manufacturing, and program leadership is essential to deliver high quality mission hardware on schedule.
Essential Functions:

 * Lead planning and execution of payload level test operations, ensuring consistency, accuracy, and thoroughness across multiple products.
 * Develop and maintain test strategies, documentation, and workflows that support verification and validation of complex payload hardware.
 * Direct daily activities for a small team of engineers and technicians, coordinating assignments, resolving obstacles, and maintaining alignment with program needs.
 * Guide test readiness preparations, test sequencing, and execution across environmental, functional, and system level campaigns while ensuring proper configuration control.
 * Collaborate with engineering disciplines to resolve issues affecting test performance, schedule, or data integrity.
 * Serve as the central interface to leadership and customers for payload test status, technical discussions, risks, and mitigation planning.
 * Monitor progress, resource usage, and milestones across test operations, providing clear status reporting and contributing to programmatic decision making.
 * Support proposal and pursuit activities by contributing technical inputs such as test approaches and Basis of Estimate (BOE) data.
 * Participate in on site testing at internal facilities or partner locations, with travel required up to 10-20%.