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Associate Environmental Test Engineer

Element Materials Technology

Newark, CAJob$75–90K/yrSeen 6 days agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$75–90K/yr
Location
Newark, CA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

Element Materials Technology seeks an Associate Environmental Test Engineer to support and lead testing programs at its Newark laboratory. The engineer designs and executes environmental test plans, develops instrumentation and automation, analyzes results, and prepares technical reports. The role collaborates with clients and internal teams to assess product performance and ensure compliance with customer specifications and industry standards. Applicants must be eligible to work in the United States without sponsorship as a citizen or permanent resident.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Test EquipmentData AnalysisTest AutomationEnvironmental TestingPerformance TestingOrganizational SkillsAnalytical SkillsProblem-SolvingProject ManagementHand ToolsPower Tools

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or Related Technical FieldTechnology Degree in Relevant Field1+ Years Testing, Validation or Related Engineering Experience2+ Years Testing, Validation or Related Engineering Experience

Full job description

Overview

Element has an opportunity for an Associate Environmental Test Engineer to support and lead testing programs for components and systems developed for key account projects in ourNewark, CA laboratory.

In this role, you will design and execute test plans to evaluate product performance, durability, and reliability under a range of thermal, vibration, humidity, and environmental conditions, ensuring compliance with customer specifications and industry standards. You will also be responsible for analyzing data, preparing detailed technical reports, and collaborating closely with clients and internal teams to deliver high-quality, actionable results.

Element Newark offers a range of services, including shock and vibration testing, thermal stress, and extreme environment simulation. Together with our sister lab, Element Fremont, we support virtually every industry in the Bay Area, including aerospace, defense, telecom, medical, automotive, industrial, and more.

If you are not currently authorized to work in the US without sponsorship, Element Materials Technology will not consider your job application. Any candidate must be lawfully eligible to work in the US as a US Citizen or Permanent Resident of the United States.

This position will be based at the Newark, CA location.

Salary: $75-90 K/year

Responsibilities

  • Design and execute environmental test plans to assess product performance, durability, and reliability under thermal, vibration, humidity, and combined environmental conditions

  • Develop and integrate electrical circuits and instrumentation systems to support environmental testing and data acquisition

  • Automate test stands and control systems to improve testing efficiency, repeatability, and accuracy

  • Significant experience of physical environmental testing/specifications relating to:

  • Vibration

  • Shock

  • Temperature and humidity

  • Altitude

  • Salt spray (fog)

  • HALT

  • Ingress protection

  • Airborne contamination

  • Analyze test data and prepare detailed test workbooks for the technical reports, collaborating with cross-functional teams to refine testing methods and ensure compliance with customer and industry standards

  • Set components within test fixtures in environmental simulation chambers in preparation for testing

  • Troubleshooting test set ups

Skills / Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical field, with a minimum of 1 years of experience in testing, validation, or a related engineering discipline

  • Technology degree in a relevant field, with a minimum of 2 years of experience in testing, validation, or a related engineering discipline

  • Hands-on experience with test equipment and data analysis tools; experience with test automation preferred

  • Knowledge of environmental and performance testing methods for electrical and mechanical systems

  • Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines effectively

  • Experience in environmental or dynamics or testing related to Element a plus

  • Must be able to operate hand/power tools

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Company Overview

Element is one of the fastest growing testing, inspection and certification businesses in the world. Globally we have more than 9,000 brilliant minds operating from 270 sites across 30 countries. Together we share an ambitious purpose to ‘Make tomorrow safer than today’.

When failure in use is not an option, we help customers make certain that their products, materials, processes and services are safe, compliant and fit for purpose. From early R&D, through complex regulatory approvals and into production, our global laboratory network of scientists, engineers, and technologists support customers to achieve assurance over product quality, sustainable outcomes, and market access.

While we are proud of our global reach, working at Element feels like being part of a smaller company. We empower you to take charge of your career, and reward excellence and integrity with growth and development.

Industries across the world depend on our care, attention to detail and the absolute accuracy of our work. The role we have to play in creating a safer world is much bigger than our organization.

Diversity Statement

At Element, we always take pride in putting our people first. We are an equal opportunity employer that recognizes diversity and inclusion as fundamental to our Vision of becoming “the world’s most trusted testing partner”.

All suitably qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective work related criteria and without regard for the following: age, disability, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, race, religion, responsibility of dependents, sexual orientation, or gender identity or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws.

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Job Locations US-CA-Newark

ID 2026-20254

How this job compares

Set against the 3,086 open Test Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$75–90K/yr
  • California median$126–180K/yr664 salary ranges
  • US median$104–162K/yr2,056 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $83K, is 46% below the California median midpoint ($154K) — in the lowest quarter of Test Engineer salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 825 open Test Engineer jobs in California and 3,086 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Test Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 2,595 postings).
Education
1,681 of the 3,086 open Test Engineer jobs (54%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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