Flight Test Engineer
About The Position
We’re seeking a talented, fast-learning individual to join our team as a Flight Test Engineer, playing a pivotal role in advancing Ursa Major’s mission and supporting both internal and customer-driven flight campaigns. This role is essential in ensuring success from product delivery and contract execution through to the final stages of flight operations. As a Flight Test Engineer, you’ll serve as the on-site technical authority regarding Ursa Major’s hypersonic products, supporting system integration, operations, testing, and flight for customer programs, while also contributing to the development and execution of Ursa Major's own flight initiatives. This position offers a unique opportunity to work hands-on with cutting-edge technology, solve complex challenges, and act as a key liaison between customers and internal teams.
Requirements
- B.S. in Engineering
- 5+ years of relevant experience
- Passion for developing customer relationships and ensuring mission success
- Attention to detail, curiosity, and relentless in resolving problems
- Hands-on experience with aerospace hardware
- Comfortable working in fast-paced, startup environment
- Willing to spend 30% of the year on travel for multi-week test and flight campaigns
Nice To Haves
- Master's degree in Engineering
- Technical expertise in liquid rocket engine manufacturing, integration, or test
- Technical expertise in vehicle stage systems and propulsion fluid systems
- Flight or test operational experience
- Strong understanding of aerospace industry standards and requirements
- Experience in systems engineering and requirements verification
- Experience in a mission assurance role
- Demonstrated leadership in a customer-facing role
- Experience working with range requirements for flight test campaigns
Responsibilities
- Support integration, checkouts, and static fire testing of hypersonic vehicles and propulsion
- Ensure Test-Like-You-Fly practices during ground operations at our Berthoud campus
- Author and execute procedures for checkouts, propellant load, and hotfire operations
- Support the ground and flight operations of Ursa Major’s missions
- Participate in data review, failure investigations, and sequence preparation for static fire testing and flight
- Coordinate with test ranges and external agencies to plan and execute flight test campaigns
- Lead customer status updates and milestone reviews for both programmatic and technical content
- Present and provide technical review in customer meetings and integration reviews
- Become a subject matter expert on Ursa Major’s hypersonic vehicle and propulsion systems
- Travel to customer sites to lead product integration, support checkouts, and assist in test and flight campaigns
- Conduct system data review to support fast-paced customer test campaigns
- Troubleshoot system and component hardware issues in the field, develop solutions with the Ursa team and customer, and lead implementation
- Identify and implement product improvements focused on customer needs, risk reduction, and end-use
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
