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Senior R&D Flight Test Engineer
| Company | Wisk |
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| Location | Mountain View, CA, USA |
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| Salary | $126380 – $148682 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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| Experience Level | Senior |
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Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering (aerospace or mechanical preferred) with at least 5 years of flight test experience.
- Experience flight testing aerospace systems.
- Experience writing flight test plans, documenting safety hazard assessments, and creating test cards.
Responsibilities
- Lead ground and flight test activities.
- Gather and develop test requirements from engineering disciplines.
- Collaborate with engineers to create test configurations, procedures, conditions, and maneuvers.
- Develop comprehensive test plans and schedules with project engineers and program managers.
- Coordinate test schedules with maintenance, engineering, and flight operations teams.
- Define flight test safety hazards and implement mitigation strategies to ensure acceptable risk levels.
- Define and monitor test configurations.
- Conduct aircraft tests and provide daily progress reports, as well as test reports upon completion.
- Update flight logs and test documentation.
- Write detailed test reports to document results.
Preferred Qualifications
- You are familiar with NX, Teamcenter, Python, Matlab, JIRA, G Suite, ARINC/ Ethernet/Serial communication protocol, Data acquisition systems such as Siemens Testlab and National Instruments.
