Flight Test Engineer

MORSE Corp•Cambridge, MA

1d•$90,000 - $210,000•Hybrid

About The Position

As Senior Flight Test Engineer at MORSE, you will be supporting the mission by managing both local and Continental US flight test activities necessary for the development of first-of-a-kind aerial systems. You will provide technical support for multiple programs by managing logistics, safety, and overall coordination of flight test activities. The candidate should be able to work with engineers across a variety of domains in a rapidly-changing R&D environment. The candidate should be comfortable taking full responsibility for complex test activities at locations including commercial test facilities for Unmanned Aircraft Systems, as well as military bases.

Requirements

US CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED or the ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance
5-10 years’ experience as a test engineer in a flight, wind tunnel, or similar test environment
Experience with design of test instrumentation systems for ground and/or flight testing
Familiarity with an experimental aircraft airworthiness release process
Experience developing test instrumentation software in MATLAB, Python or similar
B.S. in Engineering discipline

Nice To Haves

25% Travel (local New England trips for first two years, then 1-week trips within Continental US in future years)

Responsibilities

Plans and executes local (New England) and Continental US flight test activities, coordinates with project engineers to identify test objectives and data requirements
Coordinates resources to execute testing including scheduling of range time, equipment shipment, and travel arrangements
Ensures necessary test support equipment and instrumentation are available and operable to support testing
Is champion for testing best practices and ensures safe conduct of testing activities
Participates in data reduction and data review of test data to verify that test objectives were met