Job Details

Test Development CoOp 

Are you passionate about engineering? Do you like to think up, create, design, build, and test bleeding edge new products? Are you looking for a hands-on position working on real products? If so, you could be a great fit for our team!

 Based in Huntsville, AL, SCI Technology’s Test Engineering Development Group, with the stability and resources of a Fortune-500 company, is seeking a highly motivated Co-op candidate in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering (Mechatronix concentration preferred) to join our team and shape future products. Working with technology partners, we rapidly develop test solutions for a wide range of defense, aerospace, and commercial products.

 The successful candidates could be involved in a wide range of the test development; including designing mechanical test sets and fixtures, designing electrical PWA’s for test set and fixture integration, and developing test software for leading edge airborne and/or subsea systems not yet seen by the public. Depending on the individual’s background and interests, work will involve computer-based design and modeling, rapid fabrication of new designs with both our in-house fabrication capabilities and/or contractor test fixture fabrication facilities. 

Nature of Duties/Responsibilities:

• Defining and documenting test requirements.
• Designing and developing functional test set H/W that will interface with LabView or other GUI based S/W and/or writing automated test programs using LabView/TestStand.
• Effective and clear communication to management on the status of projects.
• Collaborating in a team environment to develop new test solutions.

Education/Experience:

• US Citizenship is required (Due to DoD, ITAR and other regulations)
• Sophomore-Senior Student studying Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering (Mechatronix concentration preferred), or IT.
• Interested in functional test hardware or software development.
• Training in analog and digital circuit design; or PCB layout using Altium or other ECAD software; or mechanical design using SolidWorks or other MCAD software; or NI LabVIEW code development or other programming languages.

Sanmina is an Equal Opportunity Employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity.

This is an ITAR facility and applicants must be a US Citizen.