Head of Flight Test and Safety

Applied Intuition • Washington, DC

12h • Onsite

About The Position

As the Head of Flight Test and Safety, you will be creating tools to aid our operational teams in evaluating and mitigating safety risks. You will also be the guiding authority on accepting operational safety risk for all projects. Projects include flight tests of crewed and uncrewed platforms for Group 1-5 UAS, including ordinance. Projects also include uncrewed and crewed maritime vehicles and ground vehicles. The Head of Operational Safety will oversee, review, and revise as necessary the comprehensive operational safety program for ground, maritime, and flight test operations, including experimental test, demonstration, and corporate flights.

Requirements

• Bachelors Degree
• Graduate of a certified test pilot school or at least 10 years of testing experience to include leading test teams.
• FAA Part 107 license, with 100 hours PIC in UAS.
• Maintenance, experimental, developmental, or production test experience
• Experience in handling ordnance
• 8 years of aviation experience including 4 years of aviation safety experience
• Experience working with government test teams and navigating government Safety Review Boards.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• Ability to obtain a U.S. Top Secret security clearance
• Must be willing to travel up to 25% of the time

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degrees will be considered as additional experience

Responsibilities

• Set company safety requirements.
• Work with the leaders of each vertical to ensure their standard operating procedures (SOPs) support the company’s safety requirements.
• Work with project and vertical leads to aid in evaluating risks for each project.
• Serve as an impartial arbitrator of risk for projects and take direct authority for safety
• Stay informed of the latest regulatory guidance and industry best practices pertaining to operational safety. Disseminate new information and ensure company policies and procedures remain in compliance. Provide direct input to operators, test engineers, and aircrew by hosting safety stand-downs and recurrent safety training.
• Collaborate with testing organizations in developing, updating, and approving individual programs’ Test Risk Analyses Worksheets (TRW).
• Be a leader in Test Risk Management through coordination with the Test Engineer of each program and by participating in test plan reviews, test operations, pre- and post-test operational briefings, and test readiness reviews.
• Collaborate in the development of and amendments to, company's operations and test documentation, including operations manuals, test SOPs, local procedures, etc. This includes procedures involving ground handling of aircraft.
• Lead periodic reviews of operational safety plans for each vertical and ensure that mitigation procedures are practical, being used, and are modified if required to ensure test team safety.
• Procure and provide necessary safety training to operators and those evaluating safety risk.

Benefits

• Compensation at Applied Intuition for eligible roles includes base salary, equity, and benefits.
• comprehensive health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance coverage
• 401k retirement benefits with employer match
• learning and wellness stipends
• paid time off

What This Job Offers

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