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If you're excited about disrupting legacy industries, and passionate about building the financial infrastructure behind cutting-edge hardware, let's chat!\nWe are at the forefront of innovation, crafting exclusive motion control components that propel the industrial, aerospace, and defense sectors into the future.\nA couple other things:\nWe offer a lot of autonomy\nWe like to run lean for impact\nWe have great benefits\nWe are well funded, and already generating revenue\nWe're currently in Hawthorne, CA\nWhat you'll do:\nThis role focuses on the mechanical and environmental side of qualification: vibration, shock, thermal, humidity, altitude, and life/durability testing, including the design of test fixtures and instrumentation. 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