Lead Development Test Engineer

About the Company

Neros is a defense technology company rebuilding America’s drone industrial base. We design and manufacture high-performance unmanned systems that are tested in combat, iterated at startup speed, and built at massive scale.

Responsibilities

• Validate Neros products across many forms of testing, including static and dynamic structural, shock and vibe, thermal, liquid/particle ingress, and environmental/corrosion
• Operate Neros test equipment such as thermal chambers, tensile testers, vibe tables, and data acquisition setups
• Work with engineers to design and execute test plans ranging from early stage risk-reduction to full-product qualification
• Design test rigs and fixtures, including creating CAD models and drawings for fabrication
• Process data to interpret results and clearly document and present findings to the team
• Participate in and lead root cause analysis on test items and product field failures

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field
• 5+ years of experience running multidisciplinary testing in a fast-paced engineering environment
• Strong engineering fundamentals and first principles thinking
• Hands-on fabrication and assembly skills
• Experience with CAD software such as Solidworks or NX
• Familiarity with standard test equipment including thermocouples, strain gauges, load cells, and IMUs/accelerometers

Preferred Qualifications

• Direct experience operating vibe tables, thermal chambers, tensile testers, or battery testers
• Understanding of practical electrical fundamentals and experience integrating actuators and sensors
• Experience testing batteries
• Python or Matlab skills for automation and data processing
• Experience qualifying products to MIL-STD-810H or similar standards
• Experience creating high-quality engineering drawings
• Experience with Teamcenter