Principal Test Conductor

Mission-critical and hands-on

Mission-critical and hands-on—
In this role you will be doing planning, coordinating, and executing production tests across multiple integration levels;
leading test readiness reviews;
troubleshooting anomalies in real time;
and refining procedures to ensure tests meet mission objectives.

Supporting cross-functional delivery

• Serving as the liaison across program, engineering, and line management while coordinating test schedules and daily execution with managers, operators, and manufacturing on-site in San Diego (with overtime/off-hour flexibility and up to 10% travel).
• Managing test schedules and status reporting;
• Selecting and supervising technicians;
• Driving test execution quality from readiness through completion.

Key Responsibilities

• Providing laboratory support for integration testing;
• Serving and hosting test planning working groups;
• Interfacing with test article design and analysis teams to define test configuration and data requirements;
• Reviewing and evaluating test requirements to ensure completeness of test program;
• Performing technical analysis of complete systems and preparing comprehensive system level evaluations;
• Supporting test card reviews in collaboration with other engineering disciplines and test operations personnel;
• Serving as a principal subject matter focal point between maintenance, design engineering, and test site team - contractor and customer;
• Supporting test readiness reviews, and pre/post-test briefings;
• Providing mission control room support and making real-time decisions regarding safety, efficiency, and effectiveness;
• Conducting and contributing to pre and post-test data analyses to support anomaly identification and resolution.
• Maintaining metrics on status of testing and constraints;
• Generating metrics for leadership reviews;
• Hot bench, Lab, and flight data management.

Required Skills and Experience

• Outstanding written and oral communications skills;
• Ability to obtain and maintain a US Government Secret clearance and Special Access Program (SAP) within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs;
• Active Secret/Top Secret Clearance;
• FAA Airframe and Powerplant License;
• Triton Production and/or Test experience;
• Prior test engineering experience on medium to large-sized unmanned aircraft;
• Experience testing RF, ethernet, and electrical cables;
• Experience with Teamcenter and Test Procedure Revision.

Preferred Qualifications

• Willingness to travel domestically and to OCONUS (up to 35%) which includes traveling to Rancho Bernardo, San Diego for training and preparation in support of travel assignments.

Basic Qualifications

• Must have a High School Diploma and 9 years of related professional/military experience, OR Bachelor degree AND 5 years of related professional/military experience, OR a Master's degree AND 3 years of related professional/military experience OR a Ph.D. AND 1 year of related professional/military experience.
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a US Government Secret clearance and Special Access Program (SAP) within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs.
• This position requires ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Top-Secret clearance.
• In depth knowledge of or test experience, to include control room monitoring;
• General knowledge of aviation systems;
• Advance knowledge of unmanned aircraft and aircraft systems;
• Willingness to travel domestically and to OCONUS (up to 35%) which includes traveling to Rancho Bernado, San Diego for training and preparation in support of travel assignments.

Pay Range

Primary Level Salary Range: $103,600.00 - $155,400.00