Oceaneering Technologies (OTECH) is seeking a motivated early‑career Test Engineer to support the development, integration, and testing of advanced subsea robotic systems for demanding customers. This role is ideal for an engineer with foundational hands‑on experience who is eager to learn, contribute to multidisciplinary teams, and gain exposure to real-world testing in challenging ocean environments.
The engineer in this role will assist senior staff with system integration, verification and validation activities, troubleshooting, and field operations for underwater robotic platforms and payloads.
Responsibilities- Assist in integrating hardware, software, and sensors into subsea systems
- Support planning and execution of laboratory, dockside, and at-sea testing
- Conduct basic troubleshooting of electromechanical and embedded systems
- Collect, analyze, and organize test data for reporting and documentation
- Contribute to the development of test procedures, checklists, and verification artifacts
- Participate in field testing, including system deployments and data collection
- Maintain configuration control, documentation, and adherence to engineering processes
- Collaborate with systems, mechanical, electrical, and software engineering teams
ESSENTIAL:
- Bachelor of Science (BS) degree from an accredited institution in Electrical, Computer, Robotics, Mechanical, or Systems Engineering. Other relevant technical BS degrees considered in addition to significant commensurate experience.
- 2 to 10 years of practical experience integrating and testing electromechanical systems.
- Basic understanding of electromechanical systems or embedded software.
- Familiarity with test equipment, data acquisition tools, and lab instrumentation.
- Ability to travel for testing, including at-sea operations.
- US citizenship is required. Minimum ability to obtain a Secret security clearance.
PREFERRED:
- Experience with underwater robotics, maritime systems, and oceanographic sensors or instruments.
- Exposure to system integration, verification, and validation.
- Contributions to the development of systems documentation including test plans, procedures, readiness reviews, and requirements verification traceability matrices.
- Familiarity with requirements managements tools.
- Basic familiarity with MATLAB, Python, or similar.
- Hands-on lab, prototyping, or field-testing experience.
- Active secret or above security clearance with CI polygraph.
- Experience working DoD contracts.
We offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package. Employee benefits vary by role, however, may include Health and Wellness, Mental Health, Retirement Savings, Life and Disability, Paid Maternity and Parental Leave, Paid Time Off, Tuition Reimbursement, and an Employee Assistance Program.
Compensation $80,600.00 - $121,000.00
About UsOceaneering is a global provider of engineered services and products, primarily to the offshore energy industry. We develop products and services for use throughout the lifecycle of an offshore oilfield, from drilling to decommissioning. We operate the world's premier fleet of work class ROVs. Additionally, we are a leader in offshore oilfield maintenance services, umbilicals, subsea hardware, and tooling. We also use applied technology expertise to serve the defense, material handling, aerospace, science, and renewable energy industries.Skills Required
- Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical, Computer, Robotics, Mechanical, Systems Engineering, or a related technical field
- 2 to 10 years of practical experience integrating and testing electromechanical systems
- Basic understanding of electromechanical systems or embedded software
- Familiarity with test equipment, data acquisition tools, and laboratory instrumentation
- Ability to travel for testing, including at-sea operations
- U.S. citizenship
- Minimum ability to obtain a Secret security clearance
- Experience with underwater robotics, maritime systems, and oceanographic sensors or instruments
- Exposure to system integration, verification, and validation
- Experience developing test plans, procedures, readiness reviews, and requirements verification traceability matrices
- Familiarity with requirements management tools
- Basic familiarity with MATLAB, Python, or similar tools
- Hands-on laboratory, prototyping, or field-testing experience
- Active Secret or higher security clearance with CI polygraph
- Experience working on Department of Defense contracts
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What We Do
Oceaneering pushes the frontiers of deep water, space and motion entertainment environments to execute with new, leading-edge connections to solve tomorrow’s challenges, today. As the trusted subsea connection specialist, our experience combined with the depth and breadth of our portfolio of technologies allows us to engineer solutions for the most complex subsea challenges. From routine to extreme, our integrated products, services, and innovative solutions safely de-risk operational systems, increase reliability, and enable a lower total cost of ownership. We are connecting what’s needed with what’s next as the world’s largest ROV operator and the leading ROV provider to the oil and gas industry with over 300 systems operating worldwide. With our safety-focused and innovative approach, we responsively and decisively react to subsea challenges while providing solutions swiftly and efficiently.
