Flight Test Engineer

Applied Intuition, Inc. is powering the future of physical AI. Founded in 2017 and now valued at $15 billion, the Silicon Valley company is creating the digital infrastructure needed to bring intelligence to every moving machine on the planet. Applied Intuition services the automotive, defense, trucking, construction, mining and agriculture industries in three core areas: tools and infrastructure, operating systems, and autonomy.

Eighteen of the top 20 global automakers, as well as the United States military and its allies, trust the company’s solutions to deliver physical intelligence. Applied Intuition is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with offices in Washington, D.C.;
San Diego;
Ft. Walton Beach, Florida;
Ann Arbor, Michigan;
London;
Stuttgart;
Munich;
Stockholm;
Bangalore;
Seoul; and Tokyo. Learn more at

We are an in-office company, and our expectation is that full‑time employees primarily work from their Applied Intuition office 5 days a week. However, we also recognize the importance of flexibility and trust our employees to manage their schedules responsibly. This may include occasional remote work, starting the day with morning meetings from home before heading to the office, or leaving earlier when needed to accommodate family commitments.

This in‑office expectation does not apply to contractor positions

As a Flight Test Engineer at Applied Intuition, you will report directly to the Head of Acuity Aerial Autonomy. You will lead planning, provisioning, execution, analysis, and reporting of flight test operations and campaigns, safely and with technical rigor. You will work closely with software developers, hardware integrators, hardware vendors, and customers to continuously develop, improve, and field aerial autonomy capabilities.

You will proactively improve and adapt flight test processes within the company. You will also embed in product, project, and demo teams to understand their needs and support their flight test activities.

• Gather and clarify test requirements from stakeholders and program managers
• Create test planning and test management products, such as test plans, hazard analyses, test cards, and checklists
• Provision personnel, equipment, facilities, procedures, schedules, and open‑air ranges for flight test operations
• Execute tests as test director or test conductor, and sometimes as system operator
• Analyze test results to inform post‑operation decisions, and support engineering analysis of test data
• Report operation and campaign progress to stakeholders, with recommendations for next actions
• Coordinate with customers from planning through reporting so each test meets its objectives
• Identify flight test staffing needs, and work with engineering managers to fill them
• Provide aviation subject matter expertise to software developers and hardware integrators
• Build productive relationships with DoD warfighter domain experts and third‑party UAS vendors
• Develop partnerships with test ranges to secure persistent access for flight test campaigns

• 3+ years of professional experience with flight test responsibilities
• Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering or a related field (e.g., Mechanical Engineering, Astronautical Engineering, Physics)
• Clarified, created, and refined test objectives, and led test plan working groups, test reviews, and safety reviews
• Authored clear and concise test plans, hazard analyses, communication plans, checklists, and test cards
• Secured personnel, equipment, and range time for test operations
• Served as test conductor or test director on test missions, briefed objectives, and decided in real time whether to continue or terminate testing
• Analyzed test data for system…