The Test and Operations Engineer leads vehicle and hardware testing, oversees integration, and ensures mission readiness through detailed procedures and operations support.
Long Wall Company was created in 2024 to accelerate missile defense technology for the U.S. and our allies. We specialize in ballistic missile defense and are developing Cyclops, a low-cost, mass-producible interceptor. We also produce containerized launchers and offer low-cost targets for threat replication. The future of global security depends on defensive technology that redefines cost, magazine depth, and distribution to deter and defend against evolving threats. Join us.
WHAT WE LOOK FOR
Mission-Driven Problem Solvers – The problems in missile defense demand ingenuity. We want engineers, technicians, and corporate professionals who approach challenges with curiosity, embrace failure as a learning opportunity, and stay focused on delivering the best solution for the mission.
Total Ownership – We seek those who take full responsibility for delivering flight-ready work while recognizing that no one succeeds alone. The best engineers, technicians, and corporate professionals make their teammates better, knowing that complementary skills create force multiplication and drive mission success.
Test and Operations Engineers are the end users and final guardians of Long Wall hardware and engines before testing, and of the rocket before flight. Test and Operations Engineers oversee everything from hardware testing and vehicle integration to ground systems and payload processing. As a Test and Operations Engineer, you will aid in the development, implementation, and operation of test and launch systems at our Long Beach and El Segundo facilities, our test site in Mojave, and our launch sites. Responsibilities include preparing and operating sites and hardware for engine testing, launch ground system testing, flight hardware testing, and vehicle launch. This role requires a hands-on individual with meticulous attention
RESPONSIBILTIIES:
- Develop, write, and review procedures to integrate hardware and test engines, ground systems, and the launch vehicle
- Perform test operations (e.g., control room operations)
- Own projects to design, upgrade, build and maintain Ground Support Equipment (GSE)
- Work alongside integration technicians build hardware and run operations
- Prepare and participate in reviews for design, test/operations readiness, and failure/safety analysis
- Lead or contribute to anomaly resolutions
- Provide launch and mission operations support
- Review test data and make go/no-go call on vehicle, test article, and GSE integrity
- Perform final vehicle closeouts and verify hardware is go for test or flight
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
- Minimum of 1+ years of industry, project, or research experience in test/launch operations, hardware design/development, or manufacturing
- Bachelor’s degree in Chemical, Mechanical, or Aerospace Engineering (or related discipline)
- Willing to travel to support test and launch operations
PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES:
- Demonstrate success in technically focused projects involving hardware design, build, and test of support equipment (mechanical, electrical, electronic, and/or fluids)
- Experienced with P&ID design and fluid instrumentation and control
- High-pressure gas experience
- Ability and willingness to thrive in a fast-paced, rapidly changing work environment
- Experience with cryogenic systems
- Experience in low-cost commercial / start-up space ventures
- Experience with vehicle-level integration, test, and launch operations of flight hardware
- Familiarity with AFSPCMAN 91-710 and ASME B31.3
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills
- Excellent organizational skills and problem-solving skills
- Experience with strategic planning, project scoping, budgeting, and scheduling
- Experience with generating and executing test plans
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Ability to sit or stand for extended periods of time
- Ability to use a computer to complete assignments
- Ability to communicate with individuals and groups in person, by phone and telepresence
- Ability to pick up to 50lbs
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee will typically work in an office environment
- Ability to travel up to 25% of the time
ITAR Requirement
This position requires access to information protected under US export control laws, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations and/or the Export Administration Regulations. As such, US person status (including US citizens, U.S. permanent residents, individuals granted U.S. asylum status, or individuals admitted in U.S. refugee status) is a required qualification for this position.
Equal Opportunity Employer
We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, genetics, or citizenship status (when otherwise legally authorized to work and access export-controlled data) and will not be discriminated against on the basis of such characteristics or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. We encourage applicants of all ages.
National Security Suitability
Depending on the position, Long Wall may require the successful completion of a national security suitability screening in addition to its standard background check. Where required, the screening is conducted by Long Wall’s Facility Security Officer following offer acceptance and may include verification of any current or prior U.S. government security clearances or public trust positions. Information provided during the screening is used solely to determine suitability for the role and is held in confidence by Security. For positions subject to this requirement, any offer of employment is contingent upon a favorable suitability determination.
Depending on the position, Long Wall may require the successful completion of a national security suitability screening in addition to its standard background check. Where required, the screening is conducted by Long Wall’s Facility Security Officer following offer acceptance and may include verification of any current or prior U.S. government security clearances or public trust positions. Information provided during the screening is used solely to determine suitability for the role and is held in confidence by Security. For positions subject to this requirement, any offer of employment is contingent upon a favorable suitability determination.
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