Mechanical Test Engineer
Salient Motion, Hawthorne, CA +1
The role
**Applicants must be U.S. Citizens or U.S. Permanent Residents (Green Card holders) to meet customer and regulatory requirements**
What you will do
This role focuses on the mechanical and environmental side of qualification: vibration, shock, thermal, humidity, altitude, and life/durability testing, including the design of test fixtures and instrumentation. The role includes witnessing tests at customer and partner sites, both domestically and abroad.
- Plan, write, and execute mechanical qualification and acceptance test procedures for actuators and integrated LRUs.
- Develop test plans and reports to DO-160G and MIL-STD-810H, including vibration, shock, thermal, humidity, and altitude testing to support qualification as well as unit acceptance testing.
- Design and build mechanical test fixtures, load setups, instrumentation, and data acquisition configurations.