Senior Flight Test Engineer
Core
Plan, execute, and report on developmental and operational flight Test & Evaluation (T&E) activities for new aircraft and UAS systems, focusing on electronics, avionics, propulsion, and flight characteristics.
Role type
Senior Flight Test Engineer (UAS/Autonomy)
Builds
Next generation autonomous capabilities for military systems (UAS, Ghost, Altius)
Domain
Defense / Aerospace / Unmanned Aerial Systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Flight test planning and execution, T&E goal determination, complex flight test campaign leadership, UAS operating rules and regulations, test protocol design, data analysis, COTS and bespoke UAS technologies, powertrain expertise (internal combustion, electric, hybrid), flight control systems and dynamics, EO/IR/Lidar sensor payload testing
Preferred skills
Test Pilot School training, developmental and operational test & evaluation organization experience, UAS design or operational deployment experience, advanced UAV testing methodologies, UK General VLOS Certificate, remote pilot experience on VTOL UAS, programming languages (Go, Java, C++, Python, JavaScript)
Responsibilities
Determine and develop approaches to achieve T&E goals, lead completion of test activities, conduct ground and flight tests, analyze test performance, produce high quality reports to inform future development
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC