Test Engineer – Environment

Overview

In this role you will design, execute and analyze environmental stress tests for drone sub-systems and GSE. You will work within the Environmental Cluster to ensure survivability and performance under real-world stress, collaborating with domain specialists and other engineers. The position offers exposure to a range of hardware domains and testing disciplines, with a focus on robust, safe, and compliant environmental validation. This is an opportunity to contribute to defense tech at scale while balancing ethical considerations and innovation.

Pay / Benefits

• Competitive salary and VSOP options
• Relocation support: up to 2,500 and 4 weeks temporary accommodation
• Learning: 500/450 yearly allowance
• Health & wellness: gym membership and mental health support
• Regular company events and monthly social allowances
• Enhanced parental leave: 22 weeks primary, 6 weeks secondary

Responsibilities

• Design and run vibration test campaigns (sine sweep, random vibration, shock) on drone sub-systems and GSE.
• Execute thermal soak and cycling tests across operating temperature ranges.
• Conduct IP and ingress testing on drone enclosures, connectors, and GSE hardware.
• Run humidity, salt spray and corrosion campaigns to assess environmental risks.
• Validate component behavior under altitude simulation and low-pressure conditions.
• Perform fatigue and endurancerelated testing to characterize lifetime performance.
• Undertake failure mode boundary testing to map failure envelopes and safety margins.

Key requirements

• Environmental standards literacy as primary framework for test design and execution.
• Expertise in physical instrumentation (strain gauges, accelerometers, thermocouples, pressure transducers, load cells) and DAQ configuration.
• Solid mechanical systems understanding (structural mechanics, fatigue, vibration, shock).
• Experience with thermal testing (thermal chambers, cycling rigs, IR cameras, thermocouple mapping).
• Hands-on operation of environmental test equipment (vibration tables, shock rigs, IP spray, salt-spray cabinets).
• Proficiency in metrology (load frames, calipers, torque meters, gauges) for test validation.
• Basic familiarity with defense hardware constraints and ITAR/EAR export controls.

• Responsible autonomy
• Critical thinking
• Clear communication
• Environmental standards literacy
• Instrumentation & DAQ
• Mechanical systems understanding

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