About Revolution Space
At Revolution Space we're building advanced space systems for the 21st century. Every employee at Revolution Space works on projects that are critical to our company’s future by ensuring our products work on orbit every time.
Position Summary:
We’re seeking a Test Engineer to support critical testing activities on spacecraft hardware. Duties will include test development, oversight, design, planning and operation. This role is crucial to the successful and timely development of our propulsion system products. Ideally, each candidate has experience with harsh environment testing: more specifically aerospace related testing. A strong emphasis will be on documentation including procedure development and data collection. This role also involves operating tests and data collection. Nearly all work involves advanced aerospace technologies such as vacuum chambers, ion beams and radiation hardened high voltage electronics.
The position is full-time, onsite in Boston, MA, and is available to be filled immediately.
Responsibilities:
- Creating robust test plans including verification and validation tables
- Test procedure development for various types of tests
- Supporting complex, aerospace, environmental, vacuum and R&D testing
- Test operation and data collection
- Support of troubleshooting activities
- Test station support such as build-up, calibration, purchasing and maintenance
- Documentation of key activities such as test reports, quality control and failures
Required Qualifications:
- 8+ years' experience in similar role
- Experience with standard lab equipment such as power supplies, oscilloscopes, multimeters, signal generators, thermocouples/temp sensors
- Experience with qualification or acceptance testing of hardware products
- Experience with environmental testing
- Experience in procedure development
- Experience working with ESD sensitive hardware
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Proficiency with MS Word & Excel
Preferred Qualifications:
- Vacuum chamber experience (<1 micro-Torr pressures)
- Aerospace environmental testing
- Environmental testing experience for harsh environments such as vibration, radiation, shock, thermal, humidity
- Military and other high-reliability requirements
- High-voltage (up to 5 kV) rated equipment
- Automated test equipment and data acquisition
- Any of the following: Labview, Matlab, Python, Altium, SolidWorks, AutoCAD
Benefits:
- Paid holidays, sick time and unmetered vacation
- Excellent health and dental plans with 80% employer contribution
- 4% company matching 401k with immediate vesting
- Life insurance
- Long term / Short term disability
To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, applicants must be U.S. citizens, lawful permanents residents of the U.S., or protected individuals as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3).
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or any other protected factor.
Skills Required
- 8+ years of experience in a similar role
- Experience with standard laboratory equipment, including power supplies, oscilloscopes, multimeters, signal generators, and thermocouples or temperature sensors
- Experience with qualification or acceptance testing of hardware products
- Experience with environmental testing
- Experience developing test procedures
- Experience working with ESD-sensitive hardware
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Proficiency with Microsoft Word and Excel
- Vacuum chamber experience at pressures below 1 micro-Torr
- Aerospace environmental testing experience
- Harsh-environment testing experience, including vibration, radiation, shock, thermal, or humidity testing
- Experience with military or other high-reliability requirements
- Experience with high-voltage equipment rated up to 5 kV
- Experience with automated test equipment and data acquisition
- Experience with LabVIEW, MATLAB, Python, Altium, SolidWorks, or AutoCAD
Revolution Space Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Revolution Space and has not been reviewed or approved by Revolution Space.
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Healthcare Strength — Health and dental coverage is described as excellent across multiple postings, alongside company‑paid life insurance and short‑ and long‑term disability. These elements indicate robust core healthcare and protection benefits on offer.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) plan with company match and immediate vesting is cited repeatedly in job ads. This structure points to accessible retirement savings support embedded in standard offers.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid holidays, sick time, and unmetered vacation appear in several role descriptions. This combination signals broad time‑off availability on paper.
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