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Test Engineer II

Mercury Systems
Torrance, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 5/17/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 7/17/2026

 

Mercury Systems data processing business is seeking a highly motivated test engineer that's focused on developing, validating, and supporting test systems to verify the performance of various electro/opto/mechanical and software-based systems.

 

Job Responsibilities:

  • Ensuring test systems comply with quality requirements, reliability, and regulatory compliance.
  • Work with cross-functional development teams to ensure that products are designed to facilitate testability including qualification, verification and validation requirements.
  • Develop, specify and/or procure test equipment that meets quality objectives, design margins and the needs of manufacturing.
  • Develop and write test documentation such as compliance matrices; ATP’s, QTP’s, and FTP’s using test standards such as MIL-STD-810G & H, MIL-STD-704A, and MIL-STD-461F & G
  • Work independently under minimal supervision and guidance to perform tasks of substantial complexity and conduct testing activities on site and at testing contract facilities
  • Produce test reports, presentation, and CDRL’s for contractual deliverables.
  • Train/cross-train test and troubleshooting techniques with Production test team.
  • Troubleshoot systems and circuit card assemblies using relevant electrical, mechanical, and analytical tools to identify root cause and resolve technical issues.
  • Lead the troubleshooting activities, Investigate the cause of the failures and fix the defect at top level assembly, sub-level assembly, PCBA board level, components, and or test equipment.

Required Qualifications:

  • Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer science, manufacturing engineering.
  • Typically requires 3 years of hands on experience testing electronic hardware or other military based systems.
  • Experience with mixed-signal Printed Circuit Board Assembly (PCBA) and system validation test development. 
  • Experience with electronics troubleshooting skills.
  • Experience reading and understanding circuit and wiring diagrams, technical specifications and electronics test procedures.
  • Experience of manufacturing processes with the ability to work on multiple projects in a highly demanding environment.
  • Experience of a wide variety of electronics test and analyzing equipment including oscilloscopes, analyzers, power supplies, meters and any other special electronics test equipment necessary for testing, analyzing and/or troubleshooting/repairing
  • Experience PC software skills such as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.
  • This role is 100% on-site and based in Torrance, CA.
  • This position requires you to have or obtain a government security clearance. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience in LabVIEW, Python, Bash, C#,C , MATLAB, or other programming languages used for data collection and analysis. 
  • Active U.S. Secret Clearance.
  • Experience with military standards such as MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-461, and MIL-STD-1275.
  • Experience with Aerospace, Defense, Government, or Military sectors.
  • Skilled in documentation and collaboration platforms, including Confluence and SharePoint.
  • Experience with engineering lifecycle tools such as Jama, Jira, BitBucket.
  • Demonstrated leadership experience with the ability to guide Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) through ambiguity and tight deadlines.
  • Experience supporting both military and commercial programs.
  • Working knowledge of military and aerospace standards including MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-461, DO-178C, and DO-254.
  • Hands on experience with environmental test equipment, including chambers used for hardware validation.

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“This position requires you to access information that is subject to U.S. export regulations.  You may only access such information if you are a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. government.”

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