What you will do:

• Establish and lead program level test strategies throughout development lifecycle to include: 
• Development of program test milestones and associated artifact delivery 
• Definition and management of test infrastructure 
• Establish best engineering practices and common operating procedures 
• Plan and coordinate ground and flight test plans 

Required Professional Experience:

• In addition to an overall technical understanding of aircraft design principles and subsystem functionality, Candidate will have demonstrated experience in the following focus areas:
• Software integration testing
• Hardware-In-the-loop test environments
• Rapid productions/manufacturing/assembly line acceptance testing
• Ground and System-level functionality testing
• Act in test conductor/director capacity in support of readiness reviews, flight test events, envelope expansion, SRD verification
• Support test data recovery, analysis, troubleshooting
• Demonstrated expertise in test event / resource management 

Required Education and Competencies:

• Typically requires a minimum of 12 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 8 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 5 years experience; or equivalent experience. 
• B.S. degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics) discipline, such as Aerospace, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering. Technology-related degree plan also acceptable, e.g., Electrical Engineering, Aeronautics or Information Technology. Degrees with Manufacturing Testing competency will be considered 
• 5+ years of experience with ground and/or flight test teams /maintainer or in a test related field. 
• Organized and methodical with excellent written and verbal communication skills.   
• Demonstrated record of working hard, being trustworthy, holding yourself and others to high standards, and being kind to others 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proficiency in MATLAB 
• Experience with code repositories such as Git, Mercurial, SVN, or ADO 
• Experience building or prototyping small aircraft or RC components 
• Previous UAV operations and/or maintenance 
• Previous environmental test experience, familiarity with MIL-810