UAS Flight Test Technician

About the role

Support Seneca’s flight test program by preparing aircraft, managing ground equipment, running checklists, and ensuring test sites are safe, functional, and ready for operations.

Responsibilities

• Deliver reliable aircraft readiness: Run pre/post-flight checks, assemble vehicles to required test configurations, spot mechanical/electrical issues early, and perform repairs or retrofits.
• Maintain batteries and ground equipment: Track health and usage, charge and organize equipment, and support basic repairs.
• Ensure safe, compliant test operations: During flights, maintain observation, monitor weather, enforce limits, and call aborts when needed.
• Capture and report accurate test data: Operate cameras/instrumentation, upload footage and logs daily, and post-flight test reporting.
• Perform routine fire-safety operations: Conduct controlled fire-ignition tests, operate fire extinguishers, and follow safety protocols.
• Keep the test site functional and hazard-free: Maintain cleanliness and organization, manage consumables, and surface facility needs promptly.
• Manage test site vendor relationships as needed.

Requirements

• Strong mechanical aptitude: Confident with power tools, hand tools, fasteners, and mechanical inspection.
• Understand how physical systems fail and how to prevent it.
• Experience in hands-on environments such as technician work, fabrication, field operations, maintenance and repair.
• Safety-first mindset with rigor around checklists, logs, and procedures.
• Technical literacy: Two-way radios, cameras, web-based software.
• Physically able to lift 50 lbs, work outdoors in variable conditions, and travel to regional test sites (incl. early mornings/weekends).

Qualifications

• Nice to have: Electrical basics: continuity checks, connectors, crimping, soldering

Skills

• Ownership mentality — identify issues, follows through, closes the loop
• Balanced velocity and quality — move fast, but with rigor and attention to detail
• Efficiency & follow-through — keeps operations unblocked and organized
• Iterative problem solving — breakdown complex problems, prototype, and refine
• Kindness and humility — thrive in collaborative, mission-driven cross-functional teams that value open communication

Benefits

• Competitive Salary – Reflective of your skills and experience
• Equity Compensation – Be a part-owner in the company's future
• Comprehensive Health Coverage – Including medical, dental, and vision plans
• Health Savings Account (HSA) – Optional pre-tax savings for medical expenses
• Unlimited PTO – Flexible time off to recharge, plus paid company holidays

Pay

$80K - $130K

Schedule

Varies based on project needs and regional test site availability.