Orion Test and Verification Engineer

Stellar Solutions, a nationally recognized “Great Place To Work”, has exciting opportunities providing Engineering solutions for innovative new-entrant space companies, as well as established space systems manufacturers, commercial space system operators and service providers, and other industry stakeholders including investors.  

At Stellar Solutions, we offer talented, energetic, and immediately productive resources to satisfy our customers’ critical needs in systems engineering and integration, mission operations, program management and strategic planning. We are a leading service and expertise provider for high-tech commercial ventures, spanning communications, earth observation and remote sensing systems and data products, to the infrastructures that support earth orbiting and beyond earth orbit businesses.

Stellar Solutions is seeking an Electrical Test and Verification (ET&V) Engineer to support NASA’s Orion Program. The ET&V team is responsible for testing to accomplish verification and mission validation objectives in the Avionics discipline.  This involves test coordination and execution across system and subsystem levels in a high fidelity mission laboratory.

In this role, you will:

• Support test, integration, and verification activities across multiple Artemis missions.
• Collaborate with Certified Principal Engineers (CPEs) to develop, review, and execute test procedures that validate system and subsystem requirements
• Translate technical requirements into executable test scripts and procedures
• Conduct testing initially within simulation environments and progress to hardware-in-the-loop (HWIL) labs
• Write test and verification reports to sell off requirements and test objectives
• Coordinate across engineering, planning, and test conductor teams to develop tests for execution in a flight-like lab
• Identify, document, and resolve test anomalies and discrepancies
• Develop subject matter expertise in technical domains such as:

• RF communications
• Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC)
• Command and Data Handling (C&DH)
• Avionics integration
• Electrical and mechanical subsystems

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related technical field
• 10+ years (or appropriate level) of experience in spacecraft, launch vehicle, or complex system integration and test environments
• Experience writing and executing test procedures or scripts in support of system verification
• Experience working in simulation and/or hardware-in-the-loop environments
• Strong understanding of systems engineering principles and requirement verification
• Experience with Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with demonstrated ability to:

• Translate technical requirements into executable procedures
• Communicate schedule impacts to planners
• Elevate execution risks and concerns to test conductors and leadership

• Ability to work in a fast-paced, highly coordinated, multi-disciplinary engineering environment
• U.S. citizenship required

Desired Qualifications

• Prior experience supporting NASA human spaceflight programs (Orion experience highly preferred)
• Experience with:

• Python, MATLAB, or other scripting tools
• Data analysis and post-test evaluation
• RF, GNC, or avionics systems
• Requirements development

• Experience supporting high velocity test campaigns teams
• Experience in a lab environment with flight or flight-like hardware

Compensation and Benefits:

The typical salary pay range for this position is USD $118,000 – $143,000 per year plus a significant, company-funded profit-sharing retirement savings plan. Individual pay is determined by many factors including work location, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. This position is also eligible for a discretionary annual performance bonus and a full benefits package.

 Discover your dream job while delivering innovative solutions to advance space exploration and technical discovery. As a member of our Civil team, you will be providing support to our government customers. You will contribute to some of our nation’s most important challenges.