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Senior Flight Test Engineer, Air Dominance & Strike

Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00)💼 Full-time💰 $146,000–$146,000🗓 2026-07-14 → 2026-07-31

Core

Senior-level flight test engineer responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing developmental ground and flight tests for the Fury UAS (Group 5), including initial issue investigation and process improvement.

Role type

Senior IC flight test engineer (UAS/defense)

Builds

Developmental UAS systems (Fury) for U.S. military and allied capabilities

Domain

Defense / Unmanned Aerial Systems / Aeronautics

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Developmental aircraft/weapon/missile test direction, test planning and execution, data collection and analysis, requirements development, MIL-STD-882E/516C/1553/1760 knowledge, National Airspace System regulations, large aircraft development, DoD experience

Preferred skills

Team management, large UAS development, Combined Test Force experience

Technologies

MIL-STD-882E, MIL-STD-516C, MIL-STD-1553, MIL-STD-1760, AS5653

Responsibilities

Conduct ground and flight test events at private and government-owned test ranges, collect and analyze test data, collaborate with engineering on requirements and test results, plan and coordinate test program facets

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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