# Flight Test Instrumentation Engineer **Company**: Anduril Industries **Location**: Costa Mesa, California **Work arrangement**: hybrid **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Salary**: $11,200-$149,000 USD **Category**: Engineering **Industry**: Technology **Apply**: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/andurilindustries/jobs/5221778007?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_852c1815-23e ## Description Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. The Test and Evaluation Team at Anduril performs validation of Group 5 UAS. We work in close coordination with specialist teams like Guidance, Navigation, and Control, Flight Sciences, Mission Systems, and Aircraft Maintenance to solve some of the hardest problems facing our customers. As a Flight Test Instrumentation (FTI) Engineer at Anduril, you will dive into unique, complex challenges that come with the territory of high-stakes, advanced technology in the defense sector. Your expertise will drive innovation in autonomous systems, shaping the future of defense and intelligence with solutions that are deployed at unparalleled speed. **Responsibilities** - Conduct requirements decomposition using a wide array of digital tools to select and install only the necessary flight test instrumentation, and effectively communicate analytical insights to stakeholders. - Collaborate cross-functionally with discipline engineers, Customers, COMSEC, and program management to inform safety of test, safety of flight, strategic decisions, and positively impact 'speed-to-ramp'. - Spearhead technical investigations to diagnose instrumentation and RF telemetry issues, providing leadership in the interpretation of data and formulation of solutions to improve system reliability and efficiency. - Design and implement analytics-driven customer-facing products that showcase system performance metrics, provide trend analysis, and enhance user understanding and experience with our Group 5 UAS platforms. - Design, fabricate and install flight test instrumentation sensors, data paths and equipment into one of a kind experimental aircraft, often utilizing novel approaches. - Perform test instrument calibrations and pre-flight checks in conjunction with discipline and manufacturing engineers as an approving signatory for GO/NO-GO flight test decisions. - Operate and maintain a telemetry auto-tracking Ground System using COTS software and hardware. - Travel from Anduril HQ to establish FTI and RF telemetry solutions in the high desert of California, Nevada, Texas, and Oregon up to 50% of the time. **Required Qualifications** - Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Mechatronics Engineering, or a related field. - 5+ years notable experience with embedded data acquisition systems in manned or unmanned aircraft. - Exceptional data visualization skills, with proficiency in using analytical tools (e.g., IADS, MATLAB, LabVIEW, Simulink) to advise the translation of complex data into accessible visual formats for diverse audiences. - Demonstrated expertise in implementing high channel count mechanical measurement systems and architecting RF telemetry for near real-time display in a control room. - A proven track record of implementing and troubleshooting grounding, bonding, and shielding solutions for analog-to-digital instrumentation signals in multi-band RF environments. - Experience with composite and exotic material installations across varying flight test environments. - A strong commitment to applying data science to solve real-world problems, with the ability to translate technical findings into actionable recommendations that have a tangible impact. - Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to engage effectively with multidisciplinary teams, including engineers, program managers, and non-technical stakeholders. - Able to work extended hours as required. - Ability to travel as required for test planning and execution. - Ability to immediately obtain a U.S. Top Secret-Level security clearance. **Preferred Qualifications** - Master of Science or B.S. and 10+ years experience with flight test instrumentation on COTS Telemetry Solutions including ground and air equipment. - 5+ years experience setting up and administering high channel-count, RF telemetry systems with the Interactive Analysis and Display System (IADS). - Knowledge of best practices for implementing RF ground planes and architecting RF telemetry systems for maximum RF range on composite aircraft systems. - Leadership experience, with the ability to mentor less experienced discipline engineers and lead project teams in the execution of complex data acquisition initiatives. - Experience working with 'Data-at-rest' multi-domain, encrypted storage devices on aircraft. **Benefits** At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next. ## Skills ### Required - embedded data acquisition systems - data visualization - analytical tools - RF telemetry - mechanical measurement systems - grounding, bonding, and shielding solutions - composite and exotic material installations - data science ### Nice to have - flight test instrumentation - COTS Telemetry Solutions - Interactive Analysis and Display System (IADS) - RF ground planes - leadership experience - encrypted storage devices --- Source: [Apply at job-boards.greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/andurilindustries/jobs/5221778007?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)