Technical Pilot - Flight Test Captain

United Airlines•Denver, CO

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Achieving our goals starts with supporting yours. Grow your career, access top-tier health and wellness benefits, build lasting connections with your team and our customers, and travel the world using our extensive route network. Come join us to create what’s next. Let’s define tomorrow, together. Technical and Test Pilot: Primary role is to provide expertise and program management for all aircraft communications and surveillance projects. This is not an ALPA-represented role or a seniority list position.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree
Airline Captain or Military Flight Test leadership/management experience
Flight test or functional test flight experience
Current Airline Transport Pilot certification
Current First-Class FAA Medical certification
Current and valid Passport
Excellent critical thinking, communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship
Successful completion of interview required to meet job qualification
Reliable, punctual attendance is an essential function of the position

Nice To Haves

BS Engineering
Test Pilot School graduate
Broad range of domestic and international flight experience in multiple fleets.
Recent Airline/Flight Test experience (4+ years out of the past 10)
Type ratings in United fleet aircraft
Knowledge of systems engineering

Responsibilities

Develop and support needs and requirements of United Airlines with regards to onboard communication and surveillance avionics/computer systems for all fleets.
Have knowledge of the various communication and surveillance initiatives worldwide and how they affect United’s fleet and Pilot training requirements.
Participate in ICAO, FAA and Industry workgroups and meetings. Develop, coordinate and communicate United’s position on regulatory requirements.
Responsible for coordinating with UAL NOC Air Traffic Strategy, Tech Ops Avionics Engineering and Flight Standards the future aircraft hardware needs reference CNS/ATM initiatives.
Responsible for evaluating current operations to improve operational metrics by enhancing the application of current aircraft capabilities.
Coordinate Operation Specification changes to gain approval to use new aircraft technology.
Respond to aircraft technology questions collected via the various Flight Operations media.
Ensure existing Communications and Surveillance systems like SATCOM, ACARS, FANS, WX Radar, TCAS, and ADS-B Out maintain operational readiness and respond to reports of failures that can jeopardize efficient aircraft routing.
Be able to step into Technical Pilot – Navigation, Technical Pilot – Communications, and Technical Pilot – Surveillance roles as necessary to cover workload.
Responsible to determine technology items needed in the both the capital plan and yearly budget.
Determine areas to increase automation, increasing flight operations’ productivity and efficiency while reducing company costs and pilot workload.
Maintains qualification and currency in one or more aircraft in both seats as a test pilot
Flies test profiles in assigned aircraft
Flies Non-Routine Flight Operations (NRFO) Group II missions requiring other than normal procedures.
Flies other flights as directed such as Group I NRFO, STC, Operational Confirmation, or position flights.
Flies project work such as New Aircraft Acceptance/Delivery, new technology and supplemental type certificate flights as assigned
Maintains all qualifications current such as medical, passport, visas and badging