Principal Test Engineer
Voyager is an innovative space, defense, and national security technology company committed to advancing and delivering transformative, mission-critical solutions. We tackle the most complex challenges to unlock new frontiers for human progress, fortify national security, and protect critical assets to lead in the race for technological and operational superiority from ground to space.
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The Principal Test Engineer will be located onsite in Pueblo, CO and reports to the Mission Infrastructure Engineering Manager. This role serves as the senior technical authority for testing across Voyager Energetics owning the full test lifecycle from planning and instrumentation through execution, data review, and disposition for both highly complex R&D test programs and production Lot Acceptance Tests (LATs) on solid rocket motors and energetic materials. With 10+ years of hands-on test engineering experience, this individual brings rigorous first-principles thinking, deep instrumentation and data acquisition expertise, and the credibility to lead test events where failure is not an option.
- Own the end-to-end test lifecycle for R&D and production programs from test requirements review, test plan authoring, and instrumentation design through execution, data reduction, and formal test reporting ensuring all test events meet safety, quality, and program objectives.
Lead the planning, setup, and execution of highly complex R&D test programs for solid rocket motors and energetic systems, including rocket motor builds, static test firings, propulsion
- characterization tests, and developmental component evaluations; serve as Test Engineer and/or Test Conductor at test stand.
- Own and execute production Lot Acceptance Tests (LATs) for solid rocket motors developing and maintaining LAT procedures, managing test article configuration control, executing tests to procedure, and dispositioning results against acceptance criteria.
- Design, configure, and validate instrumentation and data acquisition systems (shock, vibration, temperature, pressure, strain, thrust, mass flow rate) for both one-shot R&D events and repeatable production test environments; achieve 100% data acquisition success on every test event.
- Define and maintain test facility and test stand requirements collaborating with Mission Infrastructure Engineering on new test stand design and commissioning, and with Automation & Controls Engineering on SCADA, DAQ, and control system integration.
- Lead failure review and anomaly resolution processes applying structured root cause and corrective action methodologies (5-Why, fishbone, 8D) to test anomalies, hardware failures, and data discrepancies; author formal investigation reports.
- Author and maintain test documentation to production standards, including test plans, test procedures, ICDs, SOPs, calibration records, test reports, and traceability matrices linking test results to program requirements.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Systems Engineering, Process Engineering, Manufacturing, Safety, and Compliance to embed test requirements into product design and manufacturing processes, and to support process hazard analysis and safety reviews for test operations.
- Prepare and lead Test Readiness Reviews (TRRs) and post-test debriefs ensuring test teams, facilities, and hardware are verified ready prior to every test event, and that lessons learned and action items are formally captured and closed following each event.
- Serve as the test operations Subject Matter Expert (SME) for internal and external stakeholder engagements representing Voyager Energetics' test capabilities, status, and technical approach in customer reviews, program meetings, and regulatory discussions.
- Support proposal development and cost estimating efforts providing test engineering input on scope, schedule, resources, and risk for new programs and contract bids.
- Train and develop new test engineers and technicians transferring test methodology, procedures, safety protocols, and operational standards to build team capability and depth.
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