Test Engineer
Company websiteamericanturbines.com (American Turbines, opens in new tab)
Base salary $110K to $150K
Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in San Francisco, CA
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- LocationSan Francisco, CA
- WorkplaceOn-site
- Status at last checkSource accepting applications when checked
- Last checked (3 h ago) · observed since
About this job
About American Turbines
The power grid was built for a world that no longer exists. Centralized generation, hundred-mile transmission lines, decade-long permitting cycles. Meanwhile, demand is exploding: data centers, industrial electrification, remote operations that need megawatts yesterday and can't wait for utilities to catch up.
American Turbines is designing small modular gas turbines, purpose-built for distributed power generation. Machines designed from a blank sheet to be manufactured at scale, clustered in arrays. Hundreds of units operating in parallel, dynamically matching load like a compute cluster matches demand. We are a seed-stage company backed by the investors behind SpaceX, Boom Supersonic, and Hadrian.
About the Role
The Test Engineer will build and run the stand that takes our first engine from cold spin to full power. You'll work with the Lead Test Engineer on everything the stand needs: structure, plumbing, fuel gas train, cooling, protection systems, and the instrumentation that tells us what the machine is actually doing.
You'll own real scope from day one: sensor selection and installation, thermocouples, pressure transducers, accelerometers, DAQ configuration and calibration, and the scripts that turn raw channels into plots the design team acts on the same day. You'll write procedures, run pre-test checklists, sit console during hot tests, and turn the stand around between builds.
What We're Looking For
Experience testing hardware : engines, rocket engines, turbochargers, compressors, high-pressure systems, or comparable. You've instrumented and run test articles, built fixtures and plumbing with your own hands, and you know most test problems are measurement problems.
Solid instrumentation and DAQ fundamentals: signal conditioning, calibration, sampling rates that match the physics. Scripting for data reduction, Python or similar. Familiarity with gas fuel systems and high-pressure plumbing is a plus, so is time on a student rocketry, FSAE, or engine test team if that's where your hours are.
Source: American Turbines on Ashby · View original posting (opens in new tab)
This listingTest Engineer$110K to $150K
Power Electronics Engineer$130K to $180K
Turbomachinery Aerodynamics Engineer$140K to $185K
Site Engineer - Field Deployment$150K to $200K
Head of Power Electronics$150K to $200K
Head of Project Development$170K to $200K
Lead Test Engineer$170K to $200K
Chart as a table
| Role | Published base |
|---|---|
| Test Engineer (this listing) | $110K - $150K |
| Power Electronics Engineer | $130K - $180K |
| Turbomachinery Aerodynamics Engineer | $140K - $185K |
| Site Engineer - Field Deployment | $150K - $200K |
| Head of Power Electronics | $150K - $200K |
| Head of Project Development | $170K - $200K |
| Lead Test Engineer | $170K - $200K |
Observed changes
- First observed on the employer's board
- Began meeting the published-salary criteria
- Observed since
- Employer-stated posting date
- 2026-09-15
Where this pay comes from
Location as the employer wrote it: San Francisco
USD 110,000 – 150,000 · 1 YEAR · Salary
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