Flight Test Engineer​/Test Director

Flight Test Engineer/Test Director

MTSI is seeking a Flight Test Engineer/Test Director to support aircraft system and subsystems testing. Duty location is Las Vegas but travel to other work locations will be required.

Responsibilities include:

• Working with customers to plan, execute, and report on ground and flight test events
• Planning and designing test events to obtain necessary data to address flight test objectives
• Developing test objectives, data requirements, data collection methodologies, and go/no-go criteria
• Performing reviews of aircraft specification requirements to ensure proper data collection for real-time and post-mission data processing and evaluation
• Executing safe, secure, effective, and efficient flight test events
• Collaborating with data analysts to oversee the data analysis process and build actionable executive-level test reports
• Making quick decisions during test missions, directing real-time aircraft corrections, and coordinating with test team members to adjust the mission flow as necessary to meet mission data collection goals
• Conducting thorough mission debriefs to ensure all relevant mission events are understood and to identify lessons learned to be applied to future missions
• Assisting in data analysis and review as required to facilitate correct interpretation of the mission data
• Supporting the creation of test engineering documentation:
  Test plans, Safety Packages, Data Analysis Management Plans, Technical Review Board Briefs, Safety Review Board Briefs, Test Readiness Briefs, Test Cards, and Test Reports
• Being capable and willing to work in a remote environment with a highly motivated team

Qualifications:

• Bachelor and/or Master of Science (Aeronautical/Electrical/Mechanical Engineering, Math, Computer Science or Physics)
• Minimum of 10+ years of flight test experience
• Have a "Team" mentality towards providing integrated engineering support for design reviews, test planning working groups, test card preparation, disciplined test execution, and collaborate/author on post-flight reports
• Work well in a team environment as well as independently and have above average communication and writing skills
• Excellent communication, organization, analytical, and leadership skills, attention to detail
• Position requires willingness to accept changing and evolving roles & responsibilities in support of customers' requirements and needs
• Positive attitude, self-starter and an ability to work with little supervision

Desired Experience/Skills/Credentials:

• USAF / Navy Test Pilot School Graduate (Pilot, NAV, or Engineer)
• Mission Control Room experience directing ground / flight test events while monitoring performance parameters
• Experience with Electronic Warfare testing
• Experience in coordinating and executing tests on various government open air test ranges
• Experience with "modeling houses" (e.g., MIT/LL, JHU/APL, GTRI, EZJA, etc) to reconcile differences between predicted and actual system performance
• Experience with data analysis tools (MATLAB, Python, etc)

Security Clearance Requirements:
Current TS/SCI clearance required. Travel Requirements:
Up to 10% travel may be required. U.S. Citizenship is required.