Mechanical & Aerospace Test and Reliability Engineer

What You'll Do5

• Write research-level engineering problems drawn from test, commissioning or condition-monitoring work you have done yourself.
• Reduce and analyze the measurements you collected in Python or MATLAB before building each problem.
• Set your own hours and decide how many tasks to accept each week.
• Document each problem so the data, reasoning and conclusions hold up under expert review.
• Keep submissions clear and traceable to the source data a reviewer can check.

Requirements4

• Hands-on experience analyzing your own real test data in Python or a comparable language
• Ability to explain technical work in your field in plain written form
• Practical work with real measurements from performance trials, vibration or modal surveys, rig or flight tests, or failure investigations
• Comfort working unsupervised and setting your own schedule on task-based assignments

Preferred Qualifications6

• 3+ years of hands-on test, commissioning or condition-monitoring work, backed by a mechanical or aerospace engineering degree
• Experience writing acceptance or performance test reports
• Familiarity with ISO 10816/20816, API 670 or ASME PTC codes
• Chartered Engineer or PE designation
• Public code, a thesis or published papers that show your technical work
• Prior data annotation, labeling or AI/ML evaluation work

Who Should Apply

Engineers who have run their own performance trials, vibration surveys or failure investigations and can write them up in plain terms. You need Python or similar for data reduction, plus the discipline to work without a set schedule. Hands-on test or condition-monitoring experience matters more here than design or simulation work.

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