Senior Flight Test Engineer

Applied Intuition•Fort Walton Beach, FL

6h•Onsite

About The Position

Applied Intuition, Inc. is powering the future of physical AI. Founded in 2017 and now valued at $15 billion, the Silicon Valley company is creating the digital infrastructure needed to bring intelligence to every moving machine on the planet. Applied Intuition services the automotive, defense, trucking, construction, mining and agriculture industries in three core areas: tools and infrastructure, operating systems, and autonomy. Eighteen of the top 20 global automakers, as well as the United States military and its allies, trust the company’s solutions to deliver physical intelligence. Applied Intuition is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with offices in Washington, D.C.; San Diego; Ft. Walton Beach, Florida; Ann Arbor, Michigan; London; Stuttgart; Munich; Stockholm; Bangalore; Seoul; and Tokyo. Learn more at applied.co. We are an in-office company, and our expectation is that employees primarily work from their Applied Intuition office 5 days a week. However, we also recognize the importance of flexibility and trust our employees to manage their schedules responsibly. This may include occasional remote work, starting the day with morning meetings from home before heading to the office, or leaving earlier when needed to accommodate family commitments. Applied Intuition is seeking a dynamic Flight Test Engineer to accelerate the validation of autonomous aerial systems. You will collaborate with engineering leadership to conduct full-system development testing, bridging the gap between virtual autonomy stacks and physical aircraft performance.

Requirements

High agency and the ability to directly influence test programs
Strong understanding of the US Defense space and ability to navigate DOD organizations
Experience in acquisition, test, and evaluation of aviation products
An advanced (graduate) degree in a technical field related to aerospace
Completed training in NTPS, USAF TPS, Navy TPS, or equivalent
Ability to create and refine test objectives, and lead test plan working groups, test reviews, and safety reviews
Ability to author clear and concise test plans, test reports, communication plans, hazard analyses, quick look reports, checklists, and test cards
Experience communicating between technical experts and vehicle operators
Experience running test missions as a test conductor or test director
Must be willing to travel up to 50% of the time.
Must be a U.S. Citizen
Must have an active U.S. security clearance

Nice To Haves

Prior military flight test experience
Prior FAA airspace sUAS experience
Prior sUAS autopilot operations, such as QGroundControl, Pixhawk, and MAVlink
Proven ability as a self-starter that can adapt and define their role
FAA Part 107 license
FAA private pilot license
Prior experience deploying for flight test campaigns

Responsibilities

End-to-End Test Ownership: Lead the strategic development and execution of comprehensive test plans, operating with high autonomy to define the roadmap for validating complex flight systems.
Mission-Critical Execution: Direct ground and flight test operations at private and government ranges, managing everything from resource logistics to the safe, rigorous deployment of hardware and software.
Data-Driven Collaboration: Bridge the gap between the field and the lab by performing initial data analysis and providing engineering teams with the technical observations needed to iterate on autonomy stacks.
Process Architecture: Design and refine standardized testing procedures and safety protocols to ensure rapid, reliable system evaluation in a fast-paced development environment