# Senior Engineer, Flight Test (R6304)

**Company**: Shield AI
**Location**: Wichita
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: Full Time Employee
**Salary**: USD 100,000-160,000 per-year-salary
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Shield AI is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Flight Test Engineer to develop, plan, execute, and analyze ground and flight test operations for a fast-paced next-gen aircraft system.

You will work closely across several segment owners of engineering, operations, autonomy, systems integration, product support, manufacturing, and customers.

## Responsibilities

- Develop, publish, and execute comprehensive flight test plans, procedures, cards, risk assessments, safety, and readiness reviews

- Support integration and test of aircraft systems, payloads, comms/data links, software, ground control systems, and mission equipment

- Lead and coordinate pre-flight, flight, and post-flight activities, including system configuration, instrumentation, telemetry, data collection, and test reports

- Analyze ground and flight test data to identify performance trends, anomalies, root causes, and corrective actions

- Coordinate with engineering teams to validate requirements, troubleshoot issues, and mature system capabilities

- Lead or participate in test range operations, safety briefings, go/no-go decisions, and test setup and logistics

- Document test results, lessons learned, anomalies, and recommendations in clear technical reports

- Support aircraft maintenance, configuration control, and system readiness

- Create and improve flight test processes, tools, data workflows, and operational efficiency

- Create and maintain ground and air operating limitations requirements

- Travel to test sites, customer locations, and field exercises as required

## Requirements

- Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math (STEM Degree)

- 5+ years of experience with developmental and/or operational ground and flight test, unmanned/manned aircraft systems, aircraft integration, or aerospace systems engineering

- Strong understanding of aircraft systems, flight dynamics, avionics, telemetry, sensors, or control systems

- Proven ability to write and execute structured test plans, procedures, and reports

- Strong troubleshooting skills in field and/or lab environments

- Excellent communication skills and ability to work across engineering and operations teams

- Willingness to travel and work outdoors, fields, or test range environments

- Overtime and weekend coverage as required

- U.S. Citizenship Only with In-Scope active Secret clearance required to start

## Preferred Qualifications

- 8+ years of experience with developmental and/or operational ground and flight test, unmanned aircraft systems, aircraft integration, or aerospace systems engineering

- Experience in Group 4-5 UAS and/or fighter-type capability or similar weapons systems

- Familiarity with FAA, DoD, and test range flight operations

- Experience with autonomy, navigation, mission planning, and Command-and-Control (C2) systems

- Hands-on experience with aircraft maintenance, avionics integration, payload integration, and ground support equipment

- Experience with telemetry systems, flight and data logs, sensor data, datalinks, and RF systems

- Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate or crewed aviation experience

- Proven Mission Control Room experience using Integrated Analysis & Data System (IADS) or similar development FTI display system

- Experience leading or supporting developmental flight test campaigns from design through planning and execution to include reporting

## Skills

### Required
- Flight Test Engineering
- Aircraft Systems
- Avionics
- Telemetry
- Sensors
- Control Systems
- Troubleshooting
- Communication

### Nice to have
- Autonomy
- Navigation
- Mission Planning
- Command-and-Control (C2) systems
- Aircraft Maintenance
- Avionics Integration
- Payload Integration
- Ground Support Equipment
- Telemetry Systems
- Flight and Data Logs
- Sensor Data
- Datalinks
- RF Systems

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