Flight Test Instrumentation Engineer

Skyryse • Ventura County, CA

202d • $100,000 - $140,000

About The Position

As an early-career to mid-level Flight Test Instrumentation Engineer at Skyryse you will work within the experimental flight test team to develop, test, install and integrate a wide variety of sensors and data systems on the aircraft for the purpose of gathering flight test data.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or other related disciplines.
• 2+ years of professional working experience
• Experience with sensors and data acquisition
• Familiarity with dSpace, LabView Equipment or equivalent
• Familiarity with MATLAB and SIMULINK or equivalent
• Programming experience, including Python and C++

Nice To Haves

• Master of Science Degree in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or other related disciplines
• Experience designing, integrating, and operating complex flight test data systems or sensor suites on aircraft
• Prior start up working experience
• 5+ years of professional working experience
• Strong hands-on experience

Responsibilities

• Support the development of flight test campaigns using rapid prototyping equipment such as dSpace, LabView, or similar
• Collaborate with discipline engineers to determine requirements for measurements for flight test data
• Specify required sensors based on the required measurements, interpret ICD's and specifications, and design the hardware and software integration of the sensor into the flight test aircraft
• Design integrated flight test installations onboard aircraft, including required engineering documentation
• Install, calibrate, and maintain the sensor suite onboard the flight test aircraft
• Participate in flight tests as an onboard crew member
• Maintain data pipeline, data integrity, organization of flight test data, and post-test data visualization tools
• Ensure instrumentation is within calibration and maintain traceability of that calibration
• Work within MATLAB / SIMULINK to model various sensors and to analyze, and process flight test data
• Troubleshoot common hardware and software integration issues
• Troubleshoot common communication protocols including RS-232, CAN, UDP, etc.
• Lead process improvements within the flight test instrumentation discipline
• Creating instrumentation wiring diagrams and block diagrams

Benefits

• Salary: $100,000 - $140,000
• Valuable stock option plan
• Heavily subsidized medical, dental and vision plans
• Full-time employees are eligible for 20 days of paid time off (PTO) and 5 sick days annually. PTO and sick days must be used in accordance with Company policy.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees