UAS Pilot - Skunk Works, Patuxent River, MD

Lockheed Martin•Patuxent River, MD

18h•Onsite

About The Position

As the UAS Pilot - Skunk Works you will be responsible for providing expert flight‑operations support for experimental, engineering, and production‑acceptance flight tests of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA). Your responsibilities will include: - Planning, executing, and evaluating flight‑test missions to ensure compliance with specifications and operational suitability. - Delivering classroom, ground, and flight training for customer aircrew and support academic instruction. - Performing technical and mission planning, systems integration, and real‑time troubleshooting during flight operations. - Providing avionics expertise and guidance to engineering, design, development, and marketing teams. - Analyzing test data and recommending improvements to Human‑Machine Interface and ground‑station functionality.

Requirements

8+ Years Experience operating large UAS under DoD instruction/regulations w/500 hours minimum PIC time.
Experience in flight testing with the ability to work with engineering to develop solutions to integration issues and to bridge our customers with the LM engineering teams.
In-depth knowledge of military publications and understanding of NAS/ICAO requirements for large UAS operations.
In-depth knowledge/understanding of aircraft survivability strategies and tactics.
Current Top Secret Clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain program access within a reasonable period, as determined by the company to meet its business needs.

Nice To Haves

Advanced UAS Operations: Experience with integration, operation and ground control of various UAS platforms.
Graduate of a formal Test Pilot School.
Current or demonstrated experience as an instructor from any DoD Branch.
Excellent communications skills, including the ability to brief test results to executive leadership.

Responsibilities

Planning, executing, and evaluating flight‑test missions to ensure compliance with specifications and operational suitability.
Delivering classroom, ground, and flight training for customer aircrew and support academic instruction.
Performing technical and mission planning, systems integration, and real‑time troubleshooting during flight operations.
Providing avionics expertise and guidance to engineering, design, development, and marketing teams.
Analyzing test data and recommending improvements to Human‑Machine Interface and ground‑station functionality.