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LeadFull-timeAPI
Salary Range
$153,000 - $207,000 /year
This salary is estimated based on similar roles. The actual salary may vary.
About the Role
Radiant is seeking a Lead Test Engineer, Power Generation to own the strategy, execution, and team leadership for testing the power generation system. This role involves building test infrastructure, running complex hardware, and mentoring engineers and technicians while remaining deeply involved in day-to-day testing.
Key Responsibilities
- →Lead requirements definition, design, and implementation of Radiant’s test site
- →Design, build, commission, and maintain test rigs, fixtures, instrumentation, and support systems
- →Establish operating procedures, safety controls, and facility readiness for high-speed, high-energy, and high-temperature test environments
- →Own and lead the turbomachinery test strategy across development, qualification, and production acceptance phases
- →Define test objectives, plans, success criteria, instrumentation strategies, and data requirements
- →Serve as the technical authority for vibration, rotordynamic, and bearing-related testing
- →Plan and execute development, qualification, and acceptance tests including startup/shutdown, transient, off-design, and endurance testing
- →Operate test hardware hands-on with a strong emphasis on repeatability, data quality, and safety
- →Analyze test data to assess vibration behavior, rotordynamic stability, bearing performance, thermal response, and overall system performance
- →Provide technical leadership and mentorship to test engineers and technicians
- →Act as a player-coach: remain hands-on while scaling testing capability, throughput, and organizational maturity
- →Partner closely with turbomachinery mechanical engineers to ensure designs are testable and adequately validated
Requirements
- ✓Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field, or equivalent experience
- ✓8+ years of experience in testing, development, or validation of turbomachinery, rotating equipment, or complex mechanical systems
- ✓Hands-on experience testing high-speed rotating machinery and high-temperature hardware
- ✓Experience correlating test results with analytical predictions and design intent
- ✓Demonstrated technical leadership and ability to drive complex test efforts to completion
- ✓Strong written, verbal, and organizational skills
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