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Flight Test Engineer

Description:
****MUST be a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident****

Unique Skills:
1. Experience developing flight test plans for fixed wing onboard execution on an experimental aircraft in the areas of performance, aerodynamics, powerplant, mechanical systems, or electronic systems.
2. Experience executing test procedures onboard experimental fixed wing test aircraft.
3. Experience performing analysis of post flight data to determine pass/fail.

Education and Experience Requirements:
1. Bachelor's Degree in technical related curriculum applicable to the respective job position or equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential functions of the job.
2. Five (5) years Flight Test engineering experience or ten (10) years broad eng experience in several technical disciplines.
3. Experience credit considered for related adv degrees limited to two (2) years for Masters, four (4) years for PhD in fields applicable to this job.
4. Flight Test Engineer Certification may offset one year of experience requirement.

Position Purpose:
1. Assists with the planning, coordination, test execution, and liaison to engineering supporting the development and production of company products and services.

Principle Duties and Responsibilities:
Essential Functions:
1. Perform core roles and responsibilities with some oversight and direction applicable to the complexity of the testing.
2. Support testing to including stability & control, flying qualities/characteristics, stall demonstration, performance, powerplant, mechanical systems, pneumatic systems, electrical systems, avionics, cooling/ventilation, icing, and cold/hot weather.
3. Work with engineering and test pilots to define test points that are conducted on test aircraft.
4. Definition of Instrumentation requirements and communication with instrumentation engineering group to support installation on aircraft to support test requirements.
5. Definition of the aircraft configuration to support the on aircraft test.
6. Tracks test points and updates pass/fail/repeat status.
7. Supports on aircraft ground/flight testing as required.
8. Provides the judgment on acceptable test data during or post flight.
9. Processing of data following a test flight to document test results.
10. Development of flight test reports to show compliance with test requirements.
11. Detailed test planning including mission plan, creating flight cards, configuration verification, and compiling appropriate restrictions and safety/hazard assessments.
12. Prepare material and present for Test Readiness Review (TRR) to gain approval from stakeholders that system under test is ready to being ground/flight testing activities.
13. Perform safety analysis and prepare material as required for Safety Review Boards (SRB) to support test missions.
14. Conducts flight test brief with flight ops and engineering.
15. Provides the on airplane direction of test sequence and execution, relying on FT Analyst for acceptability of collected data with exceptions where this authority is delegated.
16. Generates and transmits post flight test summary.
17. Conducts debrief of test mission with test crew and engineering.

Additional Functions:
1. Maintains a current knowledge of developments in the field of specialty and/or other related aircraft fields in order to recommend innovations to improve quality and effectiveness of company product.
2. Actively works to improve daily processes and ensure all work meets customer (internal/external) requirements.
3. Anticipates and resolves complex issues in creative and effective ways, developing standards and guides for diverse engineering activities.
4. Perform other duties as assigned.

Other Requirements:
1. The level of technical skill and abilities appropriate for this grade will be established by each discipline.
 
Job Number: 12036
Job Location: Savannah, GA
Rate: $70.00/HR
Per Diem: Split Possible
Overtime: Possible
Duration: LT
Start Date: ASAP
Input Date: 11/14/2020
Firm Name: INCONEN CORPORATION
Attention: Patrick O'Neil
Address: 6133 BRISTOL PKWY STE 232
City, State: CULVER CITY, CA 90230
Phone: 310/410-1931
Fax Phone: 310/410-1751
Website: www.inconen.com

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