About Tiberius Aerospace

Tiberius Aerospace is a cutting-edge Aerospace and Defense company committed to delivering innovative, secure, and compliant solutions for our customers. We specialize in mission-critical technology services for government and private sector customers, ensuring excellence in aerospace systems design, performance, and compliance. To serve our nations with Strength, Honor, and Purpose - forging the systems that defend freedom and shape the future of defense.

Location

Orange County, California

Employment Type

Full-time

Department

Engineering

Reporting to

Senior Director

Compensation

Salary target $125K to $175K, commensurate with experience, plus equity

Eligibility

U.S. citizenship required; must be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance

Job Description

Tiberius is seeking an experienced Senior Test Engineer to lead the planning, execution, and improvement of physical testing across advanced aerospace and defense systems. This is a hands-on engineering test role focused on electrical systems, mechanical systems, electromechanical assemblies, integrated aerospace hardware, and mission-critical components. The Senior Test Engineer will own test planning, test setup, instrumentation, execution, data capture, failure analysis, and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute test plans for complex electrical, mechanical, and integrated aerospace systems.
• Own the full test lifecycle, including planning, setup, execution, data collection, analysis, reporting, and corrective action.
• Design and support test setups, fixtures, instrumentation plans, and data acquisition approaches.
• Perform functional, environmental, structural, vibration, thermal, electrical, endurance, qualification, and system-level testing where applicable.
• Support integration testing across mechanical, electrical, aerospace, manufacturing, and systems engineering teams.
• Identify, document, and troubleshoot hardware issues, performance gaps, and failure modes.
• Work with design engineering teams to understand requirements and define practical verification methods.
• Support test readiness reviews, safety reviews, range testing, and formal verification activities.
• Analyse test data and provide clear technical recommendations to engineering and leadership.
• Maintain disciplined documentation of test procedures, results, anomalies, corrective actions, and lessons learned.
• Improve test processes, test coverage, and engineering quality standards as the company scales.
• Support fast-moving program milestones while maintaining technical rigour and safety standards.

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Experience in test engineering, hardware validation, systems test, product validation, qualification testing, or engineering verification.
• Hands-on experience testing complex physical systems, electrical systems, mechanical assemblies, hardware, or integrated platforms.
• Strong understanding of test planning, test procedures, instrumentation, data capture, and test reporting.
• Experience supporting test readiness reviews, safety reviews, formal verification events, or qualification campaigns.
• Ability to analyse complex technical systems and identify likely failure modes.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across hardware, systems, electrical, or mechanical domains.
• Ability to work with engineers across multiple disciplines to identify issues and drive practical solutions.
• Excellent documentation, communication, and technical reporting skills.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced startup or high-growth engineering environment.
• Strong ownership mindset and disciplined approach to quality, reliability, and safety.

Preferred Experience

• Experience in aerospace, defense, robotics, automotive, energy, advanced manufacturing, industrial hardware, or mission-critical systems.
• Experience with environmental testing, vibration testing, thermal testing, structural testing, endurance testing, electrical systems testing, or qualification testing.
• Experience with hardware-software integration from a systems or hardware test perspective.
• Experience using test equipment such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, DAQ systems, sensors, load cells, pressure transducers, thermal chambers, vibration tables, power supplies, or similar.
• Experience supporting range safety, field testing, flight testing, ground testing, or test safety planning.
• Familiarity with requirements verification, qualification testing, acceptance testing, or compliance-driven test environments.
• Experience supporting root cause analysis, failure review boards, corrective action processes, or non-conformance investigations.
• Basic scripting or data analysis capability, such as Python, MATLAB, LabVIEW, or similar, is a plus, but this is not a software test role.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Tiberius Aerospace Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Company maintains policies and practices designed to prevent discrimination or harassment against any qualified applicant or employee to the extent prohibited by federal, state, and local laws and regulations.