Flight Test Engineer

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Gather and clarify test requirements from stakeholders and program managers
• Create test planning and test management products, such as test plans, hazard analyses, test cards, and checklists
• Provision personnel, equipment, facilities, procedures, schedules, and open-air ranges for flight test operations
• Execute tests as test director or test conductor, and sometimes as system operator
• Analyze test results to inform post-operation decisions, and support engineering analysis of test data
• Report operation and campaign progress to stakeholders, with recommendations for next actions
• Coordinate with customers from planning through reporting so each test meets its objectives
• Identify flight test staffing needs, and work with engineering managers to fill them

Job requirements

• 3+ years of professional experience with flight test responsibilities
• Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering or a related field (e.g., Mechanical Engineering, Astronautical Engineering, Physics)
• Clarified, created, and refined test objectives, and led test plan working groups, test reviews, and safety reviews
• Authored clear and concise test plans, hazard analyses, communication plans, checklists, and test cards
• Secured personnel, equipment, and range time for test operations
• Served as test conductor or test director on test missions, briefed objectives, and decided in real time whether to continue or terminate testing
• Analyzed test data for system evaluation and troubleshooting
• Authored clear and concise test reports and quick-look reports, and kept stakeholders informed of progress