Position:                      Test Engineer

Reports To:                 Experimental Manager (or VP of Engineering)

Status:                         Exempt

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES

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This individual will work in the Experimental Engineering department and will be responsible for conducting R&D and certification ground/flight tests. The candidate will be responsible for test preparation, planning instrumentation and strain gauges, instrumentation and equipment calibration, programming data acquisition software, data reduction, and test reporting.  He/she will assist in test conformities and TIA preparation, participate in FAA certification projects, support safety of flight briefings, and assist other Engineering Groups on an "as needed/as available" basis depending upon his/her other skills and abilities.

Duties include but are not limited to the following:

This individual will be responsible for R&D and certification ground/flight tests, including:

• Reviewing proposed projects and developing compliance and test matrices
• Planning, writing, and/or reviewing test plans and reports
• Programming data acquisition software
• Data reduction
• Planning instrumentation and strain gauges
• Instrumentation and equipment calibration
• Designing test facilities and/or acting as a liaison to outside sources providing test facilities
• Conducting weight and balance and maintaining records
• Conducting ground/flight tests, including pilot coordination and pre/post flight briefings as required
• Coordination and preparation of test conformities and TIA activities
• Coordinating test activities with certification agencies (FAA, etc.)
• Preparing Type Inspection Reports

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