# Flight Test Engineer, Ghost

**Company**: Anduril
**Location**: San Clemente, California, United States
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $86,000-$114,000 USD
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

The Test and Evaluation team at Anduril plays a crucial role in our mission, ensuring that every product meets the highest standards of performance and reliability. Our team conducts full system level development testing, new production acceptance testing, software validation testing and much more. This position is looking for a highly motivated flight test engineer with emphasis in software/hardware capability development and evaluation for the Ghost sUAS platform. Ghost is a Group 2 autonomous vehicle specializing in intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions.

As a Flight Test Engineer, you will partner with the Ghost engineering team to be responsible for test planning, execution, reporting, and evaluating the system under test (software and/or hardware).

Key responsibilities include:

- Supporting daily flight test operations and campaigns at multiple test locations.

- Managing and overseeing a sound configuration management plan and of test assets in preparation for multiple test campaigns.

- Managing an inventory plan to keep all assets fully mission capable and ready for test.

- Preparing for test readiness reviews, safety review boards, and operational test readiness.

- Creating and disseminating test reports that create awareness for all stakeholders on system status in varying test campaigns and/or initiatives.

- Generating and overseeing the execution of test cards, pre- and post-flight briefings, and managing test events with a broad support team (pilots, engineering subject matter experts, senior FTEs, etc.).

- Collaborating with SMEs and cross-functional teams within the business line through development and production testing, reporting of test findings, and test status.

Required qualifications include:

- Bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, or a closely related technical discipline from an accredited institution.

- 1-3 years of experience in flight testing, flight test planning, or aviation systems development.

- Hands-on experience with test instrumentation, data acquisition systems, or aircraft systems integration is strongly preferred.

Preferred qualifications include:

- Master's degree in a relevant field.

- Strong software and documentation experience; familiarity with Linux-based operating systems.

- Knowledge and experience with Group 1/2 rotary systems that utilize commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) flight control systems and Ardupilot firmware.

- Experience working DoD programs.

- Familiarity with remote operations and ground control stations.

- Prior experience with military or civilian flight test operations.

- Direct experience working with UAS platforms or autonomous systems.

- Test Pilot School experience or equivalent training is highly desirable.

US Salary Range: $86,000-$114,000 USD

## Skills

### Required
- flight testing
- flight test planning
- aviation systems development
- test instrumentation
- data acquisition systems
- aircraft systems integration

### Nice to have
- Linux-based operating systems
- Group 1/2 rotary systems
- commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) flight control systems
- Ardupilot firmware
- DoD programs
- remote operations
- ground control stations
- UAS platforms
- autonomous systems
- Test Pilot School

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