Integration & Test Engineer 5

Engineering

Integration & Test Engineer 5 Everett, WA Posted: 11/12/2026

Job Description

Job ID#:

227148

Job Category:

Engineering

Position Type:

Associate - W2

Shift:

1

PDS Defense, Inc. is seeking an Integration & Test Engineer 5, in Everett, WA. Job ID#227148

Pay Rate: $74 - $79/hr

Job Description:

As a Test Engineer, you will execute static/abuse/cycle testing of interior monuments like lavatories, galleys, closets, and partitions. This is a hands-on job that can occasionally be physically challenging such as working from ladders or loading weights onto a monument. The Test Engineer assists technicians with test setups while coordinating necessary activities to complete testing on time. The Test Engineer will be aware of all aspects of a specific program test requirements and will be a source of knowledge about what needs to be achieved to succeed. Priorities are constantly changing as due dates move so the ability to adjust on the fly is crucial. The Test Engineer will adopt a “Safety First” culture.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Oversees test setup for static, abuse, and cycle testing to ensure that systems perform according to necessary specifications on all platforms/projects/systems.

• Engages in writing test plans to ensure procedures reflect real, safe, test conditions

• Establish appropriate data acquisition systems to collect necessary information to substantiate requirements.

• Provides technical leadership to team members on all protocols for testing/validation.

• Ensures systems perform according to necessary specifications.

• Confirms operations according to necessary regulations to ensure production quality. Establishes validation standards and develops testing protocols.

• 10% travel time as needed to support offsite testing (locally).

Qualifications/Experience Needed:

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) unless prohibited by local laws/regulations and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience or in absence of a degree, 9 years of relevant experience

• Experience working in a test lab department (including, but not limited to, writing test reports, executing qualification tests, collecting data etc.)

• Citizenship Requirement: US Citizen or US Person (ITAR/EAR)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Aerospace or related manufacturing industry

• Experience writing and running Labview scripts

• Experience operating around static, abuse, and cycle test rigs

• Working with hand and power tools (grinders, saws, impacts, drills, etc.)

• Working with pneumatic/hydraulic load cells, string pots, and Data Acquisition Systems (DAQ)

Education/Experience:

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) unless prohibited by local laws/regulations and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience or in absence of a degree, 9 years of relevant experience

• Experience working in a test lab department (including, but not limited to, writing test reports, executing qualification tests, collecting data etc.)

Benefits offered to vary by the contract. Depending on your temporary assignment, benefits may include direct deposit, free career counseling services, 401(k), select paid holidays, short-term disability insurance, skills training, employee referral bonus, affordable medical coverage plan, and DailyPay (in some locations). For a full description of benefits available to you, be sure to talk with your recruiter.

Job Requirements

Minimum Security Clearance:

No Clearance

Military connected talent encouraged to apply.

VEVRAA Federal Contractor / Request Priority Protected Veteran Referrals / Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled

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The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:

• The California Fair Chance Act

• Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance

• Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers

• San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

VEVRAA Federal Contractor / Request Priority Protected Veteran Referrals / Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled