Icing Flight Test Engineer

Icing Flight Test Engineer

LOCATION: Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, AL

JOB STATUS: Full-time

CLEARANCE: Secret

CERTIFICATION: Class III Medical

TRAVEL: Up to 50%

SALARY: $72k to $83k

Astrion has an exciting opportunity for a Flight Test Engineer located at the Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, AL.  

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS

• Bachelor's degree in engineering from an ABET accredited school (aerospace, mechanical, or industrial/systems desired) and 3 years of experience performing engineering duties in designing, constructing, and testing aircraft and/or aviation systems; and conducting basic and applied research to evaluate adaptability of materials and equipment to aircraft design and manufacture, or a Master's Degree in Engineering in the appropriate area of specialization or related discipline from an accredited* college/university and 1 year of applicable experience; or a PhD in Engineering in the appropriate area of specialization or related discipline from an accredited* college/university.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain an FAA Class III medical certificate.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret Clearance (U.S. Citizenship is required for all applicants)

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS 

• Bachelor's degree in engineering from an ABET accredited school (aerospace, mechanical, electrical, or industrial/systems with coursework in Aircraft Icing desired).
• Intermediate knowledge of aircraft/aircraft systems (e.g., flight controls, displays, radar, comm/nav, etc.) and/or test and evaluation experience highly desired.
• Intermediate competency with MS Office, programming, Matlab, Python, and technical writing desired.
• Rotary-wing or fixed-wing flight test experience, or experience in a related discipline is desired.

 RESPONSIBILITIES

• Incumbent will be responsible for the planning, execution, real-time safety-of-flight and data quality monitoring, data analysis, and reporting for developmental and/or operational tests of system integrations on various aviation weapon system platforms including Icing certification testing.
• Candidate will be responsible for contributing to and documenting flight operations and flight test developments.
• Additional duties include test project management for schedule and cost considerations.
• Travel is required in support of Icing certification testing each winter season.

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