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Staff Test Pilot - Northrop Grumman
Staff Test Pilot
Req ID R10169982
Edwards AFB, California, United States
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At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems (NGAS) has an opening for a Staff Test Pilot to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our Test and Evaluation organization. This position will be located at Edwards AFB, CA.
The Flight Test Operations (FTO) organization is seeking a Staff Test Pilot for developmental test of military aircraft. The selected candidate will conduct demonstration flights with customers, government officials or other personnel to exhibit vehicle performance, flying qualities and system capabilities. The incumbent will develop test techniques, assist in cockpit/workstation design, work with flight test engineers (FTEs) in creating test plans, develop test products, evaluate systems in the laboratory, simulation, ground test, and flight test environments, along with reporting on test results. The selected candidate must successfully complete initial and recurrent training and qualifications as a basis for continued employment.
This position is located on-site at Edwards AFB, CA. Travel may be required up to 10% of the time.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide test pilot expertise to assigned programs; technology/research efforts to ensure man-machine interface issues and requirements are identified for new or modified aircraft designs
- Plan, develop and execute test flights on aircraft to verify airworthiness and performance capability; validate and verify compliance with specifications and to determine operational effectiveness and/or suitability
- Partner with Flight Operations (Ops) Manager and Engineering team to ensure test team is conducting safe and effective ground and flight test operations
- Collaborates with customer pilots
- Engage with program Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) and Responsible Engineers (REs) to ensure air vehicle and ground station designs/modifications are effective and suitable
- Provide test pilot inputs at Flight Readiness Reviews (FRRs), Test Readiness Reviews (TRRs) and Safety Review Boards (SRBs) ensuring safe conduct of all NGAS flight test missions
- Ensure best practices and lessons learned are shared with other program pilots
- Provide engineering test pilot expertise and safety guidance to flight test engineers for design definition, simulator flights, test planning, flight test techniques, test conduct, test reporting and proposal preparation
- Provide test pilot inputs to System Safety to ensure safe conduct of flight test missions
- Provide pilot inputs into development of preliminary flight manuals and aircrew checklists
- Maintain proficiencies and currencies
- Promote active involvement in flight test professional societies and industry forums; fully supports Test Communities of Practice (CoPs) and Flight Test Safety Summit
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Science Degree with a minimum of 12 years relevant experience, or 10 years relevant experience with a MS degree, or 7 years relevant experience with a PhD
- FAA commercial Multi or Single Engine instrument rated pilot (or military equivalent)
- Minimum of 1,500 hours of flight experience as Pilot in Command
- Current FAA Class II Medical or higher
- Military Test Pilot School (TPS) Graduate
- Experience in flight testing, with ability to work with engineering to develop solutions to integration issues, and to bridge between the customer users and Northrop Grumman designers
- Must have an active DoD Secret Clearance or higher (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation)
- Must have ability to obtain and maintain Program Access (PAR) within a reasonable period, as determined by the company to meet its business needs
- Must be willing to obtain and maintain the appropriate medical clearance(s), as defined per the customer’s contracting requirements, for the duration of your employment
- Must be willing to obtain and maintain all training qualifications, as needed per the customer’s contracting requirements, for the duration of your employment
Preferred Qualifications:
- Current, proficient, and qualified in military aircraft
- Current DoD Top Secret clearance
- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
- Excellent communications skills, including the ability to brief test results to executive leadership
Salary Range: $199,600.00 - $299,400.00
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posted 11 September
Staff Test Pilot - Fury
Staff Test Pilot, Fury
Costa Mesa, California, United States
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Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cuttingedge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.
At Anduril we are developing unmanned aerial systems capable of terminal guidance, long range intelligence collection, precision relative and global navigation, and unsupervised autonomy. The Test and Evaluation team works across the entire spectrum of products ranging from Lattice Ghost UAS, Sentry Tower, cUAS, missile, Fury and many of our other platforms.
As a Fury test pilot and operator, you will support the development and field testing of Anduril’s Unmanned Aerial System products. In this position you will prepare aircraft for flight, conduct flight tests of the aircraft as the test pilot, and support the test engineering team during product development through the life of the developmental aircraft.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
As a Test Pilot for the Fury developmental aircraft system, you will be involved in Design Reviews and working groups.
You will help develop system test procedures and be directly involved in laboratory environment and surrogate open-air environment testing.
You will be expected to perform as a guiding member within the Test and Evaluation team and regularly interface with the T&E lead, T&E Technical Director, Chief Test Pilot, Lead Flight Test Engineer, and customer representatives.
You are directly responsible for the safe flight of the aircraft and will hold an advisory position on various safety reviews, design reviews, and Airworthiness reviews.
You will be directly involved with ground and flight testing of developmental aircraft to determine compliance with specification, validation of Airworthiness and operational suitability.
You will work side-by-side with the Flight Test Engineers and Discipline Engineers to develop safe, effective and efficient test procedures, evaluate system and test safety, and verify the functional design of the system.
You will be expected to participate in flight operations efforts and support the direction of the flight test program.
You will work with other test pilots to approve cockpit configuration, author flight procedures, develop and verify emergency procedures, and be directly involved with test team and control room training.
In preparation for ground and flight testing you will be a reviewer of test procedures, flight test plans, flight test cards, operating limitations, flight test schedules, flight test support documents, and ground handling documents.
You will attend system design and configuration control meetings and provide input to work through and decide on opening or closure/solutions for change requests. You will use your knowledge of the total system design and program requirements to determine change priority, timeline and test verification requirements leading up to software releases and aircraft block changes.
Faced with technical and execution challenges, you will be expected to develop creative solutions to unique problems. You will be biased for action — you are empowered to engage your team to solve and fix any problem you encounter.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
10+ years flight test engineering experience.
1,000 hours Pilot-in-Command time or 500 hours in unmanned aircraft.
Qualifying hours must Include 200 hours of Pilot-in-Command time during engineering flight test, and 10 hours during experimental flight test.
Graduate of a U.S. military test pilot school (TPS), or meet DCMAINST 8210.1 series alternate education and experience qualifications for contractor UA pilot/operator
Commercial with Instrument rating
US Military Weapons School Graduate
FAA Class 2 Medical, renewed annually
Ability to travel as required to support off-site aircraft testing.
Must possess the ability to understand new concepts quickly; apply them accurately; organize, schedule, and coordinate work phases; and determine the appropriate approach at the task level or, with assistance, at the project level to provide solutions to a range of complex problems.
Must have strong communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills, with emphasis on technical subjects and the authoring of numerous technical documents which support the safe operation of the aircraft.
Experience providing direct support authoring flight manuals and technical documentation necessary to operate developmental aircraft and delivering configuration-controlled publications to the customer.
Strong computer and technical software experience (MATLAB, JIRA, DOORS, MS Office, CATIA, 3DX).
Ability to work independently and as part of a team; able to perform complex tasks
Able to work extended and irregular hours.
Must be able to obtain and hold a U.S. TS/SCI security clearance.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
15+ years’ experience as a test pilot working with developmental aircraft
2,000 hours Pilot-in-Command time or 500 hours in unmanned aircraft.
ATP certificate with Class 1 medical.
Masters in aerospace engineering, or engineering related technical discipline
Previous experience as PIC of high-performance turbine aircraft, especially tactical military aircraft.
Previous experience as a Test Pilot on a manned or large UAS aircraft
First flight experience on a developmental manned or large UAS aircraft
Certified Flight Instructor / Instrument
US Salary Range $142,000 - $195,000 USD
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posted 4 September
Flight Test Pilot 3 - Garmin
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Flight Test Pilot 3
- Req ID 12914
- New Century, Kansas
- Core Business Hours
- Regular Full-Time
Overview
We are seeking a full-time Flight Test Pilot 3 in our Olathe, KS location. In this role, you will be responsible for providing technical leadership in performance of flight test pilot activities including developing ground and flight test plans for complex projects, acting as Pilot in Command during execution of flight tests, authoring certification plans or project level documentation for flight manuals, effectively representing the end user, and working with certification authorities to resolve certification issues.
Essential Functions
- Acts as Pilot in Command for experimental aircraft with moderately significant changes to certified design and conducts complex, moderate-risk tests
- May act as Flight Test Project Lead for moderately complex projects
- Drafts ground/flight test plans for complex test programs including programs with tests not previously conducted
- Defines operational characteristics for the system under development/test and effectively represents end user of individual products
- Understands and is able to maintain moderately complex test aircraft configurations and coordinates with engineering teams
- Analyzes data to assist with development of systems, determines compliance with requirements, and provides certification data
- Addresses issues with test aircraft and installations including advanced troubleshooting and provides support to aircraft maintenance
- Identifies/tracks issues during flight test, offers quality solutions, and verifies resolution for moderately complex projects
- Leverages thorough understanding of aircraft certification process and associated regulations to author certification plans or content for complex projects, including new content
- Creates project level documentation structure for flight manuals and technical publications intended for use by pilots
- Serves as an expert in flight operations aspects of systems sufficient to communicate functional hazards and failure effects to safety analysis team
- Works with certification authorities to resolve certification issues
- Revises or authors new procedures and makes significant safety contributions to the flight test organization
- Provides reliable solutions to a wide range of difficult problems using sound problem solving techniques
- Serves as a mentor to less experienced flight test pilots (Flight Test Pilot 2)
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical or aerospace engineering AND a minimum of 5 years relevant experience
- Excellent academics (cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 3.0 as a general rule)
- Commercial Pilot Certificate
- 2nd Class FAA Medical Certificate
- Minimum 1,500 hours total flight time
- Minimum 200 Flight Test Hours
- Previous flight test experience
- Demonstrates proficient use of advanced engineering and flight test tools including performing advanced troubleshooting on complex avionics system installations
- Demonstrates solid and proficient understanding of certification process and associated regulations
- Demonstrates strong and effective verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
Desired Qualifications
- Outstanding academics (cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 3.5)
- Previous experience in systems engineering or software development
- Flight Test Pilot DER or ODA Unit Member Qualification
- Helicopter pilot qualifications
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posted 9 August 2024
Principle Systems Engineer - Cruz Associates Inc.
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Principle Systems Engineer
Cruz Associates Inc. of Yorktown, VA (www.cruzinc.us) has a position open and is looking for qualified candidates for a highly skilled Systems Engineer a background in flight or vehicle testing. The ideal candidate will play a pivotal role in the design, development, and validation of complex avionics/aerospace systems, ensuring that our products meet the highest standards of performance, safety, and reliability. The job location is Fort Campbell, Kentucky in support of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR). Salary is negotiable based on experience and qualifications. Interested candidates can apply on the Cruz Associates website by completing the application and uploading their resume.
Scope of Performance: Provide systems engineering support to US Army Special Operations Aviation Command (USASOAC), Systems Integration Management Office (SIMO) with focus on future cockpit integration. SIMO’s primary areas of emphasis include capability development of A/MH-6, MH-47, MH-60, MQ-1, avionics, sensors, aircraft survivability equipment (ASE), and weapon programs.
Responsibilities:
Systems Engineering
- Conduct requirements analysis, systems design, and integration activities.
- Develop and maintain system specifications, interface control documents, and verification plans.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including design, manufacturing, and quality assurance, to ensure system-level integration and performance.
- Work closely with engineering counterparts, to include, but not limited to the Aviation Engineering Directorate (AED) and the Technology Application Program Office (TAPO).
- Participate as a member of Technical Interface Meetings (TIM), Program Reviews, Test Integration Working Groups (TIWG), and System Safety Working Groups (SSWG).
- Support risk management and mitigation activities throughout the project lifecycle.
Flight Testing
- Plan, coordinate, and execute flight test campaigns for new and existing systems.
- Develop test plans, procedures, and instrumentation requirements.
- Analyze flight test data to validate system models and ensure compliance with design specifications.
- Prepare supporting documentation necessary for test and or production airworthiness certification.
- Conduct and or participate in various data gathering, analysis and reports generation for, vibration and load analysis, electrical loads analysis, electromagnetic environmental effects, and armament and stores integration, as consistent with T&E Engineer’s qualified engineering discipline.
- Participate in aerial flight in Flight Test Engineering capacity.
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues encountered during flight testing.
Modeling & Simulation (M&S)
- Develop, validate, and maintain detailed models and simulations of avionics/aerospace systems.
- Utilize M&S tools to predict system behavior, assess performance, and identify potential issues.
- Perform trade studies and optimization analyses to support design decisions.
Technical Leadership
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers.
- Stay current with advancements in M&S tools, flight test methodologies, and aerospace engineering best practices.
- Present technical findings and project status to stakeholders, including management and customers.
Education and Experience (Required):
- Ability to obtain and maintain an Interim Secret/Secret security clearance.
- Bachelor’s degree in systems engineering, or an emphasis in systems engineering with aerospace, electrical, mechanical engineering.
- Minimum of 4 years of experience in systems engineering.
- Experience with M&S tools such as DOORS, MATLAB/Simulink, STK, or equivalent.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Understanding of aerospace systems, including avionics, propulsion, and aerodynamics, desired.
- Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering, desired.
- Experience with planning and conducting flight tests, desired.
- At least 10 years’ experience working in Special Operations Aviation, desired.
- At least 3 years’ exposure to the Defense Acquisition process, desired.
- Experience with unmanned aerial systems (UAS) or commercial aviation.
- Knowledge of regulatory requirements and standards for flight testing.
- Experience with hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation and test.
Working Conditions:
- Primarily office-based with occasional travel to test sites and customer locations.
- Ability to work in a lab environment and on the flight line during testing.
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posted 9 August 2024