Test Engineer

The role

You will conduct system-level testing of DAC systems, including design envelope testing, performance characterization, and operational optimization. You will plan and conduct HALT and ALT testing programs to de-risk new design concepts.

What you will do

• Conduct system-level testing of DAC systems
• Define metrics that describe system efficiency and performance
• Plan and conduct HALT and ALT testing programs
• Develop test objectives, design fixtures, and instrument test rigs
• Execute tests, perform analysis, and deliver feedback to design teams
• Characterize performance degradation to inform predictive maintenance and O&M schedules
• Translate test findings into actionable feedback for design and operations teams
• Partner to develop the data pipeline from telemetry systems to dashboards

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Controls Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a closely related field
• 4–8 years of professional experience in test engineering, systems testing, or experimental R&D
• Hands-on involvement in test programs on hardware systems, including test execution, instrumentation, and analysis
• Strong instrumentation and data acquisition background including sensor selection, signal conditioning, DAQ and SCADA systems, and historian platforms
• Hands-on experience with the full test cycle
• Deep physics-based understanding of thermal, fluid, or electrochemical systems
• Aptitude with Python, JMP, SQL, Excel, or equivalent for data analysis and visualization
• Experience establishing quality or reliability systems in a hardware organization
• Proficiency developing performance metrics for complex systems
• Climbing stairs or ladders
• Stooping
• Crouching to work on equipment

Nice to have

• Master’s degree
• Leadership experience on small teams
• Project management experience
• Prior experience with Direct Air Capture, carbon capture, industrial process equipment, or other complex energy or climate hardware
• Experience scaling a test or quality function from early-stage through commercial production
• Background in reliability engineering, predictive maintenance, or asset performance management

About the company

Aircapture is building the next generation of Direct Air Capture machines by iterating through the design-build-test loop. They supply commercial and industrial customers with clean CO2 captured directly from the atmosphere.