Flight Test EngineerNew$149K

Costa Mesa, California, United StatesManufacturing

The opportunity

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U. S.

What you'll do

  • As a flight test engineer, under minimal supervision, you will be responsible: for test planning, execution, reporting, and evaluating the system under test (software and/or hardware).

  • Test duties include:

  • Support and plan test events conducted at test sites as required by the specific test.

  • Configuration management of test owned assets. This includes specific to test: configuration management (hardware components, specific payloads, software/firmware configuration) as well as fleet management (facilitate and track required maintenance, planning/assigning asset requirements for current testing and future efforts).

  • Generation of evaluation test plans and reports focusing on system: functionality and suitability of software and hardware integration efforts. In addition to technical test planning, planning includes safety (risk, hazards, develop mitigations) and logistical (available hardware, airspace, personnel resources, timeline/scheduling).

  • Generate and execute test cards, conduct pre and post flight briefings, and: manage test events with diverse support teams (pilots, engineering subject matter experts (SME), operations). Testing execution will include operating Altius when conducting system evaluation testing.

What they're looking for

  • Collaborate with SMEs and cross functional teams within the business line: through development and production testing, reporting of test findings, and test status. This includes adjudication of testing tasks and characterization of issues, observations, and detailing results.
  • Interface daily with hardware and software engineering teams.
  • Collect metrics for flight test events to include sortie information and delays.
  • A bachelor’s degree or a related technical discipline from an accredited institution