Senior Flight Test Engineer

2 weeks ago

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States Air Force STEM Full time
Job Overview

This position is part of the Air Force Research Laboratory's Nuclear Mission Branch, seeking a highly motivated and experienced professional to plan, execute, and analyze testing of re-entry vehicles in support of nuclear science & technology research.

Key Responsibilities
  • Demonstrate technical competence and critical thinking skills for the development and execution of experimental re-entry flight tests, including pre- and post-planning, reviews, technical requirements and analysis (safety, cyber, electromagnetic), documentation, and supporting payload and subsystem integration and testing.
  • Lead a multidisciplinary test team to implement tests on experimental or other established platforms, communicating and coordinating test vehicle requirements and environments and configurations to engineering, assembly, instrumentation, remote sensing, and operations teams.
  • Support pre-flight integration and testing, including shock, vibration, EMI/EMC, thermal vacuum, acoustic, and hardware/software-in-the-loop testing.
  • Use multidisciplinary engineering methodologies and risk management practices to support test execution strategies while monitoring test support and systems integration progress.
  • Conduct and analyze technical analyses (e.g., trajectory, aerodynamics, stability, thermal loading, dispersion, environmental) to support flight experiment execution.
  • Support flight vendors with FAA and test range regulatory logistics.
Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree in science or engineering from an accredited institution.
  • Applicants must currently hold, or have the ability to obtain, a DOD TS/SCI clearance.
  • Proven experience in planning and executing re-entry and/or flight related tests.
  • Understanding of re-entry environments, vehicle dynamics, aerodynamics.
  • Demonstrated ability to meet schedule and deliverables for multiple concurrent projects with a range of priorities.
  • Experience with flight test data acquisition and analysis and proficiency with data analysis tools, e.g. Matlab, Python, etc.
Desired Qualifications
  • Master's or PhD in Engineering, Physics, or in a related program.
  • Familiarity with AFRL or military research experiment, test and safety procedures, requirements, and documentation.
  • 3+ years of experience planning and executing flight tests (air or space).
  • Knowledge of military acquisitions and technical program management interactions with the AF contracting process.
  • Knowledge of advanced materials and thermal protection systems used in re-entry vehicles.

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