Flight Test Planning Specialist

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Create flight test plans that align with FAA certification requirements, outlining test objectives, success criteria, and necessary instrumentation.

• Collaborate with subsystem engineering to grasp system design intentions, potential failure modes, and technical risks, translating these into test procedures.

• Lead or assist in Test Readiness Reviews, integrating inputs from engineering, safety, and operations.

• Draft and maintain test plan documentation, which includes test point matrices, procedures, instrumentation and data needs, along with pass/fail criteria.

• Work closely with certification engineers and, when necessary, FAA representatives to aid in certification basis and compliance findings.

• Participate in lessons-learned discussions and contribute to process improvement initiatives for upcoming test planning cycles.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering, Engineering, or a related discipline.

• Over 10 years of experience in flight test operations.

• Strong understanding of airworthiness certification flight test programs and regulatory standards.

• Familiarity with safety risk management processes related to flight testing or complex operational testing.

• Expertise in planning and executing ground and flight tests within certification or military projects.

• Excellent collaboration and interpersonal abilities.

• Highly organized with a keen attention to detail.

• An FAA pilot certificate is considered a desirable qualification.

🏝️ Benefits

• Culture that promotes pay-for-performance.

• Compensation based on performance metrics.

• Eligibility for visa sponsorship for certain positions.

• Reasonable accommodations available for applicants with physical or mental disabilities and sincerely held religious beliefs.

• Commitment to Equal Opportunity employment.