Senior Project Engineer Jobot
Rock Hill, SC17 days ago
- $90,000–$115,000 Per Year
Highlights
Designs are complete and moving through procurement, so the immediate focus will be updating test documentation, obtaining quotations, coordinating outside laboratory testing, and supporting qualification-test readiness. Position Summary Our client is seeking an Aerospace Test Engineer to support qualification testing for military aircraft door-drive and electromechanical actuation systems.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Shelby, NC |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Salary | $67–$69 Per Hour |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1969 |
| Website | http://www.sterling-engineering.com |
Description
Aerospace Test Engineer
Location: Shelby, NC
Hire Type: Contract-to-Hire
Schedule: Primarily onsite, five days per week initially
Pay: $67–$69 per hour
Citizenship: U.S. citizenship required due to ITAR regulations
Hire Type: Contract-to-Hire
Schedule: Primarily onsite, five days per week initially
Pay: $67–$69 per hour
Citizenship: U.S. citizenship required due to ITAR regulations
Position Summary
Our client is seeking an Aerospace Test Engineer to support qualification testing for military aircraft door-drive and electromechanical actuation systems.
Working under a Senior Test Engineer, this individual will support a high-volume program involving approximately 700 part numbers. Designs are complete and moving through procurement, so the immediate focus will be updating test documentation, obtaining quotations, coordinating outside laboratory testing, and supporting qualification-test readiness.
Responsibilities
- Create, review, and update qualification test plans, procedures, and reports.
- Ensure testing complies with customer requirements, DO-160, and MIL-STD-810.
- Support test-readiness reviews and qualification-testing activities.
- Develop statements of work and obtain quotations for external testing services.
- Coordinate testing requirements, documentation, and schedules with outside environmental and EMI laboratories.
- Review supplier proposals and track testing activities across a high volume of parts.
- Prepare qualification-test reports and test-failure resolution documentation.
- Maintain detailed testing schedules in coordination with Engineering and Program Management.
- Collaborate with engineers, test technicians, Supply Chain, suppliers, laboratories, and customers.
- Support testing of mechanical and electromechanical aerospace actuation systems.
- Travel to outside test facilities as needed to supervise qualification testing.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- Aerospace testing or qualification experience.
- Experience with DO-160 and/or MIL-STD-810 testing standards.
- Experience preparing test plans, procedures, and reports.
- Experience supporting test-readiness reviews and qualification testing.
- Ability to interpret customer requirements and translate them into test documentation.
- Strong organization, communication, and attention to detail.
- Ability to manage multiple testing activities and documentation requirements simultaneously.
- Ability to travel to external test facilities as required.
- Must be a U.S. citizen due to ITAR requirements.
Preferred Qualifications
- Environmental or EMI testing experience.
- Experience testing electromechanical aerospace equipment.
- Familiarity with load cells, torque cells, resolvers, encoders, or related sensors.
- Electronics or electrical-harness testing experience.
- LabVIEW experience.
- Test-fixture or test-rig development experience.
- Basic 3D CAD experience; Siemens NX is a plus.
Assignment Details
The selected engineer should be available to begin as soon as possible. Initial qualification testing is expected to begin between October and December. Travel is typically up to 10% but may increase during peak testing periods.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.
About Company
Sterling Engineering has been a trusted partner for engineering, project management, and staffing solutions for over five decades. We provide exceptional engineering/technical recruitment and engineering project services to clients nationwide:
- Engineering & Technical Recruitment - With our focus on engineering, technical, and IT, Sterling has the in-depth knowledge, industry expertise, and robust employee pipeline it takes to rapidly find talent for even the most difficult to fill positions. Sterling’s extensive recruitment methodology allows us to engage the most talented employees in the marketplace. We offer exciting work and career-building opportunities for our candidates, along with expert support at every step of the process.
- Engineering Project Services – Our experienced, multi-disciplined team of project managers, engineers, and designers, led by licensed Professional Engineers (PE), provide project management, engineering, design, and Commissioning, Qualification, and Validation (CQV) to manufacturing, OEM, and R&D customers. We work on complex, highly technical projects across a number of industry sectors, and our ability to scale and seamlessly integrate at multiple levels of your organization is what differentiates us.
Sterling offers a unique combination of engineering solutions and Best of Staffing level service to help our clients and talent achieve their goals.
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