Flight Test Engineer

Canvas • Hurlburt Airfield, FL

15h • Onsite

About The Position

This role involves supporting the development and execution of flight tests for rotary wing aircraft. The engineer will be responsible for planning, documenting, and analyzing test activities, ensuring the operability, integration, and functionality of aircraft systems. This includes coordinating with various agencies, preparing test materials, and supporting ground and flight test execution.

Requirements

• 3 to 10 years of relevant engineering experience in rotary wing flight test, development, or qualification testing environments.
• Demonstrated ability to independently perform all functional duties including test planning, documentation development, instrumentation support, and data analysis.
• Experience evaluating aircraft systems performance using mathematical, statistical, and engineering analytical techniques.
• Familiarity with Air Force test planning processes, instrumentation packages, and coordination requirements for airspace, ranges, aircraft, frequencies, munitions, and test resources.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in an applicable engineering discipline.
• Active Secret clearance.
• U.S. citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Support development of test objectives, methods, detailed procedures, instrumentation requirements, data collection plans, and coordination with ranges and support agencies for DT&E activities.
• Conduct technical evaluations of program requirements documents, system descriptions, and modification proposals; assess operability, integration, and functionality of rotary wing systems and recommend improvements or redesigns where appropriate.
• Attend and participate in test planning meetings, TIMs, reviews, audits, and briefings; prepare and deliver test material, schedules, and status updates, maintaining close coordination with program offices.
• Assist in planning and structuring flight tests by developing test plans, MOTs, CONOPS, flight test cards, schedules, and engineering documentation IAW AFTC and 96 TW guidance; coordinate multidisciplinary support personnel for mission execution.
• Support execution of ground and flight tests as a non crewmember test conductor or instrumentation operator; collect and reduce data; validate results and instrumentation accuracy; and assist in writing mission accomplishment reports and final test reports.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level