Flight Test Engineer

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute local (New England) and Continental US flight test activities, coordinates with project engineers to identify test objectives and data requirements
• Own the details and coordinate resources to execute testing including scheduling of range time, equipment shipment, and travel arrangements
• Ensure necessary test support equipment and instrumentation are available and operable to support testing
• Champion testing best practices and ensures safe conduct of testing activities
• Participate in data reduction and data review of test data to verify that test objectives were met
• Interface with inter-disciplinary engineering teams on novel UAS systems

Requirements

• US CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED or the ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering or related field
• 3+ years’ experience as a test engineer in a flight, wind tunnel, or other test environment
• Experience with design of test instrumentation systems for ground and/or flight testing
• Experience with test planning and safety assessments for UAS
• Experience in data reduction in Python, MATLAB, or similar
• 25-50% Travel
• Part 107 Certification
• Quad, multirotor, and/or fixed wing pilot experience
• Familiarity with an experimental aircraft airworthiness release process
• Experience with testing UAS Swarming or multi-vehicle control

Pay

$90,000 - $135,000 USD

Schedule

Not specified