SPHEREA Group is the world leader in complex electronic test systems for the aerospace industry.
Our mission is to enable our clients to validate their new products & technologies and commercialize them more quickly and more cost-effectively. We provide our customers with the right test solutions at the right time of their systems development, and we guarantee a long-term sustainability. With an outstanding pedigree and testing in our DNA we are involved in an unlimited field of applications and industries that can range from commercial aircrafts, light armored military vehicles, helicopters, battle tanks, space platforms, nuclear power stations control systems and even complete metro systems.
Find more information at www.spherea.com
SPHEREA Support and Engineering site is in Lenexa, KS.
The Mission
SPHEREA is looking for a Test Engineer to join its Test Program Development team. The primary mission will be to develop and validate test programs running on ATEC Series (Spherea's Automatic Test Equipment) to allow return to service testing of avionic systems including cockpit panels, radio systems, flight and engine controls.
Travel will be required to customer sites about 5-10 times per year (30-45 days expected.)
Responsibilities
Develop, validate and maintain test programs and sequences:
Design test solutions, including hardware interface and software
Develop software libraries and test sequences
Integrate and validate test solutions and hardware
Document and trace test solution to specifications
Support project management
Provide regular and accurate progress reports
Estimate the overall workload to finish the project and the sub-tasks
Establish priority/planning with project manager
Identify difficulties, risks and opportunities
Requirements
Previous experience in software / hardware development for test equipment (electronics, avionics, RF)
Understand Avionics test requirements, specifications, schematic diagrams
Electronic/RF measurements skills and tools:
General purpose test instrumentation (Digital multimeter, Programmable function generator, Digital oscilloscope, ...)
RF instrumentation (RF power meter, synthesizer, spectrum analyzer, ...)
Industry standard communication busses and standards :
Ethernet, TCP/IP and LXI
GPIB IEEE488.2
VXI
RS232/422/485
I2C
Boundary Scan
Aerospace busses and standards:
ARINC 429
ARINC 664/AFDX
Radio communication, transponder, TCAS
Programming and automation languages:
C/C++
Python
ATLAS (ARINC 626/716)
NI TestStand, CVI, and/or Labview
Experience with computer operating systems including Windows and Linux.
Technical problem-solving skills
Good attitude and communication skills
Bachelor's degree or higher
Desired Competencies
File processing and data extraction (CSV, XML, text)
Statistical analysis of results
Data security standards (GPG, SSH, S/MIME, firewalls)
Location
The position is based in Lenexa, KS and is flexible: employee can work from home most days but must be able to regularly go to customer/subcontractor/partner facility.
Other information
Occasional domestic travels (3-5 times a year).
SPHEREA US offers competitive salary and benefits such as but not limited to:
Annual bonus program
401K with no vesting period and 100% company match up to 4%