Flight Test Engineer

LOCATION & DETAILS

• Huntsville, AL
• Full-time, permanent position
• Domestic and international travel up to 20%
• Schedule flexibility and overtime required during active flight-test windows
• FAA Class III Medical Certificate required (ability to maintain one)
• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret security clearance

WHY JOIN US?

SkyBridge Aviation is looking for a Flight Test Engineer to gain hands-on experience supporting ground and flight-test programs for aircraft, unmanned aerial systems, and other aerospace platforms.

• Support modification programs involving Outer Mold Line, avionics, aircraft systems, and interior changes.
• Gain experience with Part 23 and Part 25 certified aircraft.
• Work alongside senior flight-test engineers, pilots, design engineers, technicians, and program teams.
• Participate in aircraft-performance, envelope-expansion, systems, certification, and operational testing.
• Develop valuable experience in flight-test instrumentation, data acquisition, data analysis, and regulatory compliance.

POSITION / OPPORTUNITY OVERVIEW

• The Flight Test Engineer supports the planning, execution, monitoring, and analysis of ground and flight-test programs.
• Working under the guidance of senior engineers, this individual assists with test planning, instrumentation requirements, aircraft preparation, data acquisition, data reduction, and engineering reports.
• The ideal candidate has a strong technical foundation in aerospace engineering principles, excellent analytical skills, and a passion for aviation and aircraft-performance evaluation.
• This role helps ensure aircraft modifications and systems meet applicable performance, safety, airworthiness, and certification requirements.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assist in developing flight-test plans for aircraft performance, flight characteristics, systems, envelope expansion, certification, and operational testing.
• Support certification planning and regulatory-compliance activities in coordination with engineering specialists and subject-matter experts.
• Help define instrumentation requirements, including data parameters, measurement ranges, accuracy, and sampling rates.
• Prepare aircraft for testing and maintain test-aircraft configuration control.
• Support conformity inspections, weight-and-balance control, and airworthiness evaluations.
• Prepare flight-test cards and assist with pre-test and post-test briefings.
• Support baseline, development, envelope-expansion, and certification flight-test operations.
• Monitor flight tests and assist with collecting, reducing, analyzing, and interpreting engineering data.
• Apply established safety, risk-identification, and risk-management procedures throughout assigned test programs.
• Track test-point progress and provide clear status updates to program management.
• Coordinate testing activities with maintenance teams, remote sites, contractors, subcontractors, vendors, and airworthiness authorities.
• Assist with the preparation of engineering reports and test documentation.

SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED

• Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering; Mathematics; Physics; or a closely related technical field.
• Minimum of two years of direct flight-test engineering experience.
• Ability to obtain and maintain an FAA Class III Medical Certificate.
• Strong understanding of aerodynamics, flight mechanics, aircraft systems, propulsion, and engineering analysis and testing methods.
• Experience with aircraft performance, flight characteristics, systems testing, flight-test instrumentation, and data-acquisition systems.
• Ability to analyze and interpret test data using applicable engineering tools.
• Foundational knowledge of aircraft-certification processes and FAA, military, or customer regulatory requirements.
• Strong mathematics, physics, analytical, and technical problem-solving skills.
• Ability to organize and prioritize assignments across multiple programs.
• Must be a U.S. citizen capable of obtaining and maintaining a Department of Defense Secret security clearance.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally up to 20%.
• Willingness to work overtime and maintain schedule flexibility during active flight-test windows.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Background in aviation airframe modifications or the aerospace industry.
• Previous exposure to a Department of Defense or military flight-test environment.
• Experience with data-acquisition systems, telemetry, instrumentation, and engineering tools such as MATLAB, Python, or Dewesoft.
• Fixed-wing flight-test or aircraft-operations experience.
• FAA Private Pilot Certificate.

PHYSICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS

• Ability to work in office, aircraft-hangar, flight-line, and test-site environments.
• Ability to safely work in and around operational aircraft and active testing environments.
• Ability to participate in flight-test activities while maintaining the required FAA medical certification.
• Ability to travel to domestic and international customer sites, hangars, and test locations.
• Ability to work extended or nonstandard hours during active flight-test periods.
• Ability to wear required personal protective equipment while working in designated operational areas.

Pay: From $60.00 per hour

Expected hours: No less than 40.0 per week

Work Location: In person

Salary : $60