Flight Test Instrumentation EngineerNew$208K

Anduril Industries
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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

  • Conduct requirements decomposition using a wide array of digital tools to: select and install only the necessary flight test instrumentation, and effectively communicate analytical insights to stakeholders.

  • Collaborate cross-functionally with discipline engineers, Customers, COMSEC,: and program management to inform safety of test, safety of flight, strategic decisions, and positively impact 'speed-to-ramp'.

  • Spearhead technical investigations to diagnose instrumentation and RF: telemetry issues, providing leadership in the interpretation of data and formulation of solutions to improve system reliability and efficiency.

  • Design and implement analytics-driven customer-facing products that showcase: system performance metrics, provide trend analysis, and enhance user understanding and experience with our Group 5 UAS platforms.

  • Design, fabricate and install flight test instrumentation sensors, data paths: and equipment into one of a kind experimental aircraft, often utilizing novel approaches. This includes the fabrication of wire harnesses and routing through aircraft structure, often working directly with other integrated product teams to support program goals.

  • Perform test instrument calibrations and pre-flight checks in conjunction: with discipline and manufacturing engineers as an approving signatory for GO/NO-GO flight test decisions

What they're looking for

  • Operate and maintain a telemetry auto-tracking Ground System using COTS software and hardware
  • Travel from Anduril HQ to establish FTI and RF telemetry solutions in the: high desert of California, Nevada, Texas, and Oregon up to 50% of the time.
  • Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Mechatronics: Engineering, or a related field. Alternatively, Radar Systems, Data Science experience, with a strong quantitative and mechanical measurements foundation.
  • + years notable experience with embedded data acquisition systems in manned or unmanned aircraft.