Melbourne, FL30+ days ago
Key Responsibilities: • Building and sustaining a cadre of skilled test pilots and production pilots to safely execute the flight test program • Ensure early and effective contributions to air vehicle design, cockpit/crew station design and Pilot Vehicle Interface areas • Support the Chief Engineer on various design trades and analysis • Chair the pilot working group • Provide flight experienced leadership in critical program phases and reviews, such as SRR, PDR, CDR, FRR, and TRR • Provide direction to engineers on design definition, simulator flights, test planning, test card writing, flight test techniques, test conduct, test reporting, and proposal preparation • Ensure effective test pilot training, FTE training, MCR training and ensuring proficiency of staff • Perform initial flights on prototypes and test articles for new clean sheet air vehicles • Plan, develop, and perform flight tests to verify air worthiness, performance capabilities, and mission effectiveness using various simulators, surrogate aircraft, test-bed aircraft, and the program air vehicle. Basic Qualifications: • Must have a Bachelors Degree in Science and 14 years of experience or a Masters Degree in Science and 12 years of experience or a PhD and 10 years of experience for Senior Staff level position • Military Test Pilot School graduate of USNTPS, USAFTPS, Empire Test Pilots School, or EPNER • Your ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated government Top Secret clearance (DoD must be in-scope or enrolled in Continuous Evaluation) and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the Company.