Test & Verification Engineer II/III

The role

The Test & Verification Engineer will develop and mature testing capabilities to support product development, design verification, and production acceptance. This role involves determining test approaches, configuring equipment, instrumenting devices, and analyzing data across the product-development lifecycle.

What you will do

• Participate in requirements and design reviews to evaluate testability.
• Translate requirements into verification methods, test approaches, and acceptance criteria.
• Develop, refine, and execute test plans and procedures.
• Design, build, configure, and integrate test setups, fixtures, and instrumentation systems.
• Bring new laboratory and test equipment online.
• Instrument devices under test and select appropriate sensors and measurement techniques.
• Develop scripts, tools, and automated test methods.
• Execute electrical, mechanical, firmware, environmental, subsystem, and integrated system-level testing.
• Collect, analyze, interpret, and document test data and results.
• Troubleshoot unexpected behavior and test failures.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Mechatronics, Physics, or a related technical discipline.
• Professional experience in test engineering, design verification, product validation, systems integration, product development, or related engineering work.
• Demonstrated experience developing a test approach from an engineering problem or requirement.
• Hands-on experience instrumenting hardware and configuring engineering test systems.
• Experience using engineering test equipment such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, DAQs, power supplies, electronic loads, sensors, environmental equipment, or similar instrumentation.
• Ability to understand engineering requirements and translate them into measurable test objectives and acceptance criteria.
• Experience collecting, analyzing, interpreting, and communicating engineering test data.
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot technical problems and methodically investigate unexpected results.
• Ability to work effectively across mechanical, electrical, firmware, software, systems, and manufacturing disciplines.
• Strong technical documentation and communication skills.
• Willingness to personally build fixtures, configure equipment, write scripts, execute testing, analyze results, and troubleshoot failures.
• Ability to work effectively in an environment where products, requirements, processes, and infrastructure are continuing to evolve.

Nice to have

• Experience in a small or growing engineering organization, R&D environment, or new-product-development setting
• Experience developing a test capability, laboratory setup, test station, fixture, or automated test system from concept through operational use
• Experience with LabVIEW, Python, MATLAB, or similar tools
• Experience configuring or developing software interfaces and drivers for laboratory equipment
• Experience integrating programmable instrumentation using Ethernet, USB, serial, CAN, GPIB, or similar communication interfaces
• Experience with environmental chambers and thermal, humidity, or thermal-cycling testing
• Experience with vibration, mechanical shock, durability, ingress protection, weatherproofing, EMI/EMC, or similar qualification testing
• Familiarity with MIL-STD or other defense, aerospace, automotive, electronics, or high-reliability product test standards
• Experience designing mechanical fixtures, electrical test interfaces, custom instrumentation, or prototype test hardware
• Experience developing automated test equipment, hardware-in-the-loop systems, production test fixtures, or end-of-line acceptance tests

Benefits

• Generous PTO policy
• Comprehensive medical coverage (80% company-paid for employee + dependents)
• Vision & dental (100% company-paid)
• Short and long-term disability coverage (100% company-paid)
• Generous 401(k) retirement plan
• Company-paid life insurance
• Great teammates and well stocked snacks
• Relocation support for the right candidates

About the company

Kraken Kinetics designs and manufactures advanced kinetic solutions for the United States Armed Forces and its allies. They specialize in mission-tailored warheads and firing systems for unmanned and autonomous weapon platforms.