Test Engineer - Air-to-Air (PL)
On-siteNiceville, Florida, United States
Job Summary
Establish standards for test documentation and technical reporting while providing technical review of test directives, methods, data packages, and reports. Present test strategy and procedures to unit leaders at Safety Review Boards and Test Approval Boards. Manage engineering duties for development, engineering evaluation, and operational tests on air-to-air and air-to-surface weapons. Develop test planning documentation for emerging programs and forecast test assets and range requirements. Act as Test Conductor during mission execution and brief executing aircrew on requirements. Represent the Squadron at conferences with HQ USAF, OSD, foreign nations, and industry. Maintain a Secret clearance with SAPI eligibility and work up to 10% travel.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering
- 3 - 10 years of relevant experience
- Active Secret clearance with eligibility for Special Access Programs
- Ability to communicate clearly to multiple stakeholders and resolve competing test resource requirements
- Self-Motivated to learn new systems under test and be proactive to meet program requirements and take responsibility for identifying, organizing, coordinating, executing necessary tasks leading to the successful accomplishment of assigned duties
- Must have a demonstrated ability to work as part of an integrated team
- Must have strong communication skills
- Must possess some technical writing skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications
- Must be willing to travel up to 10%
- Must have and be able to maintain a Secret security clearance with eligibility for Special Access Programs
Desired Qualifications
- Working knowledge of airborne weapon systems
- USAF, USN, or Marines fighter/bomber tactics and or airborne weapons employment
- Prior experience in developmental weapons, and/or operational testing
- Aircrew experience
- Experience in DoD weapons acquisition process
- Flight test or Aircrew flight experience with military fighter/ Bomber aircraft
- Test Conductor experience with military systems
- Experience with USAF and USN fighter/bomber/attack Test, operations and weapon systems
- Test Pilot School graduate or Fighter Weapons School (Top Gun) graduate
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