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# Senior Test Engineer - Turbine Test Facility & Campaigns

- **Company:** Approach Venture
- **Location:** El Segundo, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $160,000 - $210,000
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Testing (Software), Python (Programming Language), LabVIEW, Hardware Testing
- **Published:** November 6, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.thejobnetwork.com/job/fb78a8d1-687c-42d9-9109-548861c544aa/senior-test-engineer-turbine-test-facility-campaigns

## About the Role

* B.S. or higher in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related discipline
 * Track record running hardware test campaigns, including commissioning rotating machinery or high-pressure, high-temperature systems
 * Strong hands-on skills on both the mechanical and electrical side of a test setup
 * Solid grounding in sensors, instrumentation, and data acquisition
 * Comfort working across mechanical, fluid, electrical, and software interfaces to find root causes
 * Clear communicator and natural leader who enjoys picking up new skills and teaching them to others

Preferred Experience

 * Built a test cell, lab, or full test facility starting from an empty space
 * Test background in rotating machinery, combustion, natural gas, cryogenic, or high-pressure and high-temperature systems
 * Hazard analysis and test safety work for pressurized or high-energy systems
 * Python, LabVIEW, cRIO, or similar DAQ and test software, plus experience organizing large test datasets
 * Comfortable reading and building from P&IDs
 * Combustion rig or burner management system experience
 * Instrumenting rotating machinery, such as vibration, speed, and bearing temperature measurement
 * Previous early-stage startup experience

## Description

* Specify and stand up the company's first dedicated test facility, covering floor layout, utilities, safety systems, and the infrastructure needed for high-pressure, high-temperature hardware
 * Design, build, and maintain test stands, rigs, and fixtures for development units and production hardware
 * Author test plans, operating procedures, and methods that make every campaign safe and repeatable
 * Select instrumentation and build out the data acquisition, recording, and storage systems behind each test
 * Get hands-on during assembly, wiring, and commissioning of the first machine and its supporting stands
 * Process and analyze test results, then turn them into clear findings for the design, controls, and systems teams
 * Run test logistics so instrumentation, fixtures, spares, and consumables are ready ahead of each campaign
 * Work across mechanical, fluids, electrical, and software disciplines to troubleshoot hardware and close out issues quickly