Senior R&D Flight Test Engineer

What you will do:

• Lead ground and flight test activities.
• Gather and develop test requirements from engineering disciplines.
• Collaborate with engineers to create test configurations, procedures, conditions, and maneuvers.
• Develop comprehensive test plans and schedules with project engineers and program managers.
• Coordinate test schedules with maintenance, engineering, and flight operations teams.
• Define flight test safety hazards and implement mitigation strategies to ensure acceptable risk levels.
• Define and monitor test configurations.
• Conduct aircraft tests and provide daily progress reports, as well as test reports upon completion.
• Update flight logs and test documentation.
• Write detailed test reports to document results

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (aerospace or mechanical preferred) with at least 5 years of flight test experience.
• Experience flight testing aerospace systems.
• Experience writing flight test plans, documenting safety hazard assessments, and creating test cards

Desired:

• You are familiar with NX, Teamcenter, Python, Matlab, JIRA, G Suite, ARINC/ Ethernet/Serial communication protocol, Data acquisition systems such as Siemens Testlab and National Instruments

Who you are:

• You are a highly motivated, self starting individual with a broad set of skills and never afraid of facing complex technical challenges
• You are a solution oriented individual with a strong analytical mindset
• You have strong communication skills and can easily tailor your communications to suit the audience
• You can adapt quickly or propose changes needed to achieve early results in a timely fashion
• You embrace challenges and take commitments and deliver results within reasonable expectations
• You are a positive team player