Test Engineer

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Five or more years of engineering experience, including two years supporting qualification test campaigns.
• Aerospace or defense electronics testing experience, including circuit card and system troubleshooting of low-voltage equipment such as 28 VDC systems.
• Proficiency with oscilloscopes, audio and spectrum analyzers, digital multimeters, and power supplies.
• Ability to translate schematics, interface documentation, and requirements into test approaches and traceable procedures.
• Working knowledge of environmental and EMI/EMC testing under DO-160 and/or MIL-STD-810.
• Experience building test setups, fixtures, cables, and breakout boxes. Independent judgment, strong technic

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

• LabVIEW and automated test development.
• Defense audio, intercom, radio interface, or communications systems experience. Knowledge of audio measurements, signal integrity, grounding, shielding, interference, and coupling.

Job Description

Insight Global is looking for an experienced Test Engineer for a client providing secure aerospace and defense communications systems. These onsite roles in Rancho Santa Margarita, California, support hardware/software integration, verification and validation (V&V), environmental qualification, and production test development. Candidates will own test planning and execution, develop approaches for hardware without established procedures, troubleshoot circuit cards and systems, and deliver documented, repeatable results.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute checkout, integration, verification, and qualification test procedures with clear acceptance criteria and requirements traceability.
• Troubleshoot hardware, firmware, software, cabling, and test equipment at circuit card and system levels.
• Plan and execute environmental and EMI/EMC qualification testing to customer requirements, DO-160, and MIL-STD-810.
• Design and maintain engineering and production test fixtures, cables, breakout boxes, and support equipment.
• Analyze results, document discrepancies, prepare reports, and support root cause investigations and corrective actions.
• Maintain configuration control of test procedures, software, setups, and units under test.
• Identify test gaps and coordinate next steps across engineering disciplines.