# Flight Test Lead

**Company**: The Boeing Company
**Location**: Berkeley, MO
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $126,650 – $171,350
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Manufacturing

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## Description

The Boeing Test & Evaluation (BT&E) Organization is seeking a Flight Test Lead to support Air Dominance flight test programs, including F-15 international and future programs.

The successful candidate will provide leadership through coordination of the Flight Test Work Statement with various functions and support groups in BT&E, Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS), and customer organizations.

Responsibilities:

- Plan and coordinate flight test mission requirements with responsible engineers from internal and external customers

- Develop flight test and mission profiles, develop and publish test plans, create flight test cards, and manage test schedules

- Identify and coordinate the availability of test ranges and facilities with company and government agencies

- Establish test planning working groups, plan and conduct flight test readiness reviews, and conduct pre and posttest briefings

- Conduct ground and flight tests in accordance with established test plans and procedures

- Participate in post-test data evaluation and problem identification and resolution

- Prepare and publish test summaries and test reports

- Support Cost Account Manager (CAM) activities

- Lead and prepare for remote site deployments

- Develop and document standardized test methods and processes to ensure repeatability and productivity

- Apply lessons learned to the improvement of test procedures

- Oversee preflight and post-test briefings with the flight test team

- Formulate expectations for test data based on historical data

- Lead test team training, track training/currency qualifications, and mentor team members

- Work under minimal direction

Basic Qualifications:

- Ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship

- Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited course of study in engineering, engineering technology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science, or computer science

- 7+ years of experience working on flight test program, preferably as a flight test engineer, test conductor, and/or test director

- 7+ years of experience with the principles of flight test OR experience directly supporting flight test operations

- Experience supporting a military flight test program

- 50+ missions as a Test Conductor/Test Director in a control room

- Willing and able to travel up to 25% of the time both domestically and internationally

Preferred Qualifications:

- An active U.S. Security Clearance (U.S. Citizenship Required)

- Experience authoring test plans and test cards in support of United States Air Force or United States Navy flight test programs

- Experience as a Cost Account Manager (CAM)

- Experience managing or coordinating test article configuration changes on a military fighter aircraft program

Benefits:

- Competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities

- Health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work

Salary Range: $126,650 – $171,350

## Skills

### Required
- flight test engineering
- test conduction
- test direction
- military flight test program
- U.S. Security Clearance

### Nice to have
- test planning
- Cost Account Manager (CAM)
- test article configuration changes

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