The Senior Flight Test Engineer will provide technical oversight and leadership in integrating flight test objectives, equipment, and test assets, planning T&E budgets and schedules. They will author test and safety plans, act as test director or test conductor for flight test events, and develop data management and analysis plans. The role involves mentoring new flight test engineers and standardizing flight test planning products within a vehicle development and manufacturing environment focused on autonomous defense systems.

Responsibilities

Provide technical oversight and leadership in integrating flight test objectives, equipment, and test assets, skills/resources, and planning T&E budgets and schedules.
Interact with certification engineers to ensure all program’s operational certification standards are achieved and addressed.
Author test and safety plans for a variety of programs and customers
Assist in standardizing flight test planning products, and act as a mentor for new flight test engineers
Act as test director of test conductor for flight test events
Research, select, and source instrumentation components as part of a test system or unit under test
Develop and perform acceptance tests for a variety of products
Develop test cards for applicable events
Develop data management and analysis plans for testing and ensure the test data are collected, stored, processed, and analyzed to inform future testing and product development
Author test reports for daily events and final deliverables to internal and external customers
Follow specific tool control, FOD control, and safety guidelines and policies
Perform other duties as directed by supervision and management for the benefit of the company, program, or employee(s)

Requirements

7+ years of relevant work related to flight test operations
Must have a strong technical background, ability to read and interpret engineering design artifacts, and customer requirements
Self-driven and interfaces well with teams of varied disciplines
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Mathematics, or Physical Sciences

Nice to have

Graduate of an internationally recognized test pilot school
Experience in US Armed Forces
Experience in aviation as a private pilot or remote pilot (Part 107)

Benefits

Benefits: Our benefits are DZYNE’ed for your overall health and financial wellness. DZYNE offers a comprehensive healthcare benefits package. Base dental, vision, life, accident, disability, and other core benefits are fully covered by DZYNE. DZYNE provides paid time off and paid holidays. Additionally, DZYNE offers a 401(k) plan with an employer match and immediate vesting.