# Flight Test Engineer / Flight Test Director

**Company**: Leidos
**Location**: Bridgewater, VA
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $87,100.00 - $157,450.00
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Aerospace & Defence

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## Description

The IAS Division at Leidos has an opening in Bridgewater, VA for a Flight Test Engineer / Flight Test Director. This role supports testing of OEM and integrated mission equipment onboard multiple fixed-wing aircraft.

The position conducts ground and airborne test events and works closely with systems, mechanical, and electrical engineering, logistics, subcontractors, government representatives, and integrated product/test teams to ensure test requirements and required documentation are completed.

**Key Responsibilities:**

- Plan, coordinate, manage, and execute the full spectrum of ground and flight tests on fixed-wing aircraft.

- Review applicable requirements, system manuals, and specification documentation; coordinate cross-team, subcontractor, and customer personnel for test execution.

- Manage test equipment and calibration procedures and establish instrumentation capability, including strain-gauge installation and data logging.

- Develop test plans with mission-relevant, requirements-traceable, intuitively testable metrics, scope, and methods for system evaluation.

- Lead and execute flight test events, including on-site test management, data collection, preflight briefings, debriefings, and configuration control.

- Analyze test data and produce test reports containing results, supporting data, conclusions, and recommendations based on intended mission, stated requirements, and applicable specifications.

**Required Qualifications:**

- Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution and a minimum of 4 years of related experience; additional related experience may be considered in lieu of a degree consistent with applicable Leidos equivalency guidelines.

- Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret security clearance.

- Ability to obtain a Third-Class FAA Medical Certificate and complete a hypobaric altitude chamber.

- Ability to travel throughout the U.S. to support flight tests.

- Diverse test engineering experience with electronic and/or mechanical systems.

- Ability to work in an agile, fast-paced environment with strong organizational, scheduling, and documentation skills.

- Comfort presenting preflight mission briefings and program status briefings to customers and senior decision makers.

- Strong written, verbal, interpersonal, and communication skills; proficiency with Microsoft Office products.

**Preferred Qualifications:**

- Active Secret clearance.

- Flight Performance and Handling Qualities (FPHQ) experience.

- Knowledge and experience with aircraft systems, including ASE, IFF, radios, and systems engineering.

- Familiarity with FAA and DoD regulations.

The pay range for this job level is $87,100.00 - $157,450.00.

## Skills

### Required
- test engineering
- electronic systems
- mechanical systems
- Microsoft Office
- DoD Secret security clearance
- FAA Medical Certificate

### Nice to have
- Flight Performance and Handling Qualities (FPHQ)
- aircraft systems
- ASE
- IFF
- radios
- systems engineering
- FAA and DoD regulations

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