501713 in Huntsville, AL
Work Location: Huntsville, AL
Schedule: Full Time – remote work is not approved
Relocation: Negotiable
Position Description: Provide hands-on Aviation Test Engineering support to the Aviation Mission Systems and Architecture Project Office, Technical Management Division (TMD). This role is highly focused on supporting the execution of Test & Evaluation (T&E), risk reduction events, and Experiments/Demonstrations to verify and validate system performance, airworthiness, safety, and mission readiness for rotary-wing aviation platforms. Interface daily with military, civilian, test range, and contractor personnel in a dynamic, execution-oriented team environment.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Support multiple projects’ test programs, developing strategies, contract language, witnessing test events, interfacing with contractors and laboratories, conducting risk reduction events and performing other support as needed.
- Provide on-site technical support for the planning and execution of aviation test events, including Software Integration Lab (SIL), flight, ground, environmental, and survivability testing.
- Lead and participate in Integrated Product Teams (IPTs), Test Readiness Reviews (TRRs), and system design reviews.
- Contribute to the development, review, and maintenance of test documentation, providing input for test plans, flight test cards, Test and Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP), and similar documentation.
- Collaborate with flight test crews, instrumentation engineers, and maintenance teams to ensure safe, compliant test execution.
- Assist in generating technical reports, findings, and conclusions based on empirical test data to support critical Milestone Decisions (e.g., LRIP, FRP, and sustainment upgrades).
- Support Airworthiness Qualification and Army flight release processes by providing engineering review and verification of lab and flight test results.
- Help identify technical risks, safety hazards, and program vulnerabilities during test execution, contributing to the development of mitigation strategies to protect schedule, budget, and personnel.
- Support company growth as directed
Required Qualifications:
- Degree in Engineering, Mathematics, or a similar technical field.
- Hands-on experience developing, supporting, and manage execution of aviation test events (flight, ground, SIL, or component level).
- Knowledgeable of the airworthiness process in regards to avionics component software, hardware and of aircraft system qualification.
- Experience applying systems engineering processes to support the active assessment and verification of system requirements during live and lab-based testing.