# Flight Test Operator

**Company**: Anduril Industries
**Location**: Fort Stockton, Texas
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology.

As a Flight Test Operator, you will work heavily with test team members in a wide spectrum of cross-department Altius programs to help assist the team focused on solving hard problems and changing the industry forever.

The role will be responsible for assisting program leads, planning, coordination, execution of flight test operations.

Responsibilities:

- Assist with test, system checkouts, fly, and provide feedback on Altius for Test Engineering.

- Build, program, and maintain autonomous aircraft for flight.

- Work with Test Engineers on a variety of operational tasks that enable engineering, such as flight execution, material prep, or supporting test profiles by participating in our demonstrations.

- Assist with product installations at our test sites as needed.

- Assist Site Manager and onsite team with maintenance, including managing office supplies, cleaning, inventory management and equipment maintenance.

- Travel between test sites depending on testing requirements and team needs.

Requirements:

- RC, RPIC, or Pilot-operator (PIC) experience on fixed wing commercial and/or defense Group 2 aircraft.

- Ability to get and maintain a FAA part 107 certificate, and FAA Part 61 ground school completion (as required).

- Ability to travel on an as needed basis.

- Familiarity with flight controllers and autopilot logic.

- Significant knowledge and understanding of National Airspace regulations and operating restrictions.

- Must have strong communication and interpersonal skills.

- Ability to own a variety of tasks in an autonomous environment.

- Able to work extended hours as required.

- Strong customer service and organizational collaboration mentality.

- Small UAS maintenance experience.

- Willingness to travel approximately 60% of the time.

Preferred Qualifications:

- LiPO/LiON battery handling experience.

- Bachelors degree in aerospace, electrical, software, or mechanical engineering.

- Experience with developmental and operational test.

Benefits: Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) that ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next.

## Skills

### Required
- flight test operations
- autonomous aircraft
- flight controllers
- autopilot logic
- National Airspace regulations
- communication and interpersonal skills
- Small UAS maintenance

### Nice to have
- LiPO/LiON battery handling experience
- Bachelors degree in aerospace, electrical, software, or mechanical engineering
- developmental and operational test experience

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