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# Senior Test Engineer

- **Company:** Karman Space & Defense
- **Location:** Decatur, AL, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Computer-Aided Design, Kinematics, Microsoft Dynamics, Rapid Prototyping Process, Hardware Testing, MIL-STD-810 Environmental Testing
- **Published:** October 15, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.thejobnetwork.com/job/b8074508-d472-4aaf-933b-2b1500eca9f4/senior-test-engineer

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
 * Minimum of 4 to 7 years of experience designing, assembling, and testing mechanical hardware and systems.
 * Familiarity with Military Standard 810 (MIL-STD-810).
 * Ability to diagnose hardware and assembly problems and develop practical corrective actions.
 * Familiarity with standard mechanical assembly practices and common mechanical troubleshooting approaches.
 * Proven experience leading product development tests, including development testing and assistance with qualification testing.

Preferred Qualifications

 * Experience with energetic systems handling, assembly, and test.
 * Background in heat transfer, structural analysis, dynamics and kinematics, advanced high-strength materials, computer-aided design, and/or machine design.

This position requires U.S. person status under U.S. export control laws, including U.S. citizens and nationals, lawful permanent residents, refugees, and asylees.

## Description

* Serves as engineering lead for development and testing of new aerospace and defense hardware, providing technical direction to junior engineers.
 * Guides product designs through prototype builds, prototype testing, environmental testing, and flight testing.
 * Leads planning and execution of test activities for mechanical systems, including static, shock and vibration, thermal, and energetic testing.
 * Collaborates with design and analysis teams to develop hardware test plans and procedures from Verification Cross-Reference Matrices (VCRM).
 * Leads all aspects of hardware testing, including test planning, fixture design, setup, execution, instrumentation, data acquisition, post-test analysis, and reporting.
 * Contributes to proposal development by providing labor and material estimates for prototype builds and testing.
 * Troubleshoots mechanical hardware and assembly issues such as interference, misalignment, improper fit, and tolerance stack-ups.