Sr. Flight Test Instrumentation Engineer

Reliable Robotics Corporation•Mountain View, CA

29d

About The Position

We're building safety-enhancing technology for aviation that will save lives. Automated aviation systems will enable a future where air transportation is safer, more convenient and fundamentally transformative to the way goods — and eventually people — move around the planet. We are a team of mission-driven engineers with experience across aerospace, robotics and self-driving cars working to make this future a reality. As a Sr. Flight Test Instrumentation Engineer at Reliable Robotics, you will be a part of the Flight Test and Integration team. The Flight Test and Integration team is responsible for multiple installation and test efforts at Reliable Robotics. The team regularly ensures the proper function of mechanical, electrical, and flight control systems onboard the aircraft. In addition, this team has ownership over all ground and flight test operations within the organization. The team is composed of individuals familiar with experience developing experimental and certification products. In your role as Sr. Flight Test Instrumentation Engineer, you will assist in the design and installation of modified flight control systems, throughout the development of a remotely operated autoflight system. You will ensure the proper build-up of functions and capabilities, beginning in the lab and ending on the vehicle. You will be expected to verify the end-to-end functionality of the system and ensure the ability to assess all desired test requirements. This will require engaging with many teams throughout the organization and having a firm understanding of the vehicle’s capabilities. As part of the flight test campaigns, you’ll act as the responsible engineer for the vehicle and often as test director. Flight Test Integration Engineers at Reliable Robotics will have an opportunity to deliver a first-of-its-kind gate-to-gate autoflight system for commercial use. Let’s make it happen!

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree of Science or Engineering in Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, or related discipline
7+ years of integration and test experience in a professional environment
Demonstrated ability to work with hardware
Experience leading test campaigns on the ground or in flight
Demonstrated ability to lead safety critical tests and operations
Must be willing to travel up to 10% of the time.
This position requires access to information that is subject to U.S. export controls. An offer of employment will be contingent upon the applicant’s capacity to perform in compliance with U.S. export control laws.
All applicants are asked to provide documentation that legally establishes status as a U.S. person or non-U.S. person (and nationalities in the case of a non-U.S. person). Where the applicant is not a U.S. person, meaning not a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful permanent resident, (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or not otherwise permitted to access the export-controlled technology without U.S. government authorization, the Company reserves the right not to apply for an export license for such applicants whose access to export-controlled technology or software source code requires authorization and may decline to proceed with the application process and any offer of employment on that basis.

Nice To Haves

Experience assembling components in a production environment
Experience assembling prototype hardware
Experience manufacturing mechanical and electrical (harnessing) sub-assemblies
Experience with computer science languages (Python or similar)

Responsibilities

assist in the design and installation of modified flight control systems
ensure the proper build-up of functions and capabilities, beginning in the lab and ending on the vehicle
verify the end-to-end functionality of the system and ensure the ability to assess all desired test requirements
act as the responsible engineer for the vehicle and often as test director