Sr Staff Test Pilot

Position Summary

A Sr Staff Test Pilot supports aircraft and air-system design, development, flight testing, risk management, and verification of aircraft performance and mission effectiveness within a Test and Evaluation organization. The position includes Chief Test Pilot responsibilities and is contingent upon program funding.

Schedule

• Travel approximately 25%.
• Start date is dependent upon program-funding confirmation.

Responsibilities

• Build and sustain a cadre of skilled test and production pilots.
• Support air-vehicle design, cockpit and crew-station design, and Pilot Vehicle Interface development.
• Support Chief Engineer design trades and analyses.
• Chair the pilot working group.
• Provide flight-experienced leadership during SRR, PDR, CDR, FRR, and TRR activities.
• Direct engineers on design definition, simulator flights, test planning, test cards, flight-test techniques, test execution, reporting, and proposals.
• Support test-pilot, Flight Test Engineer, and Mission Control Room training and proficiency.
• Perform initial flights on prototypes and test articles for clean-sheet air vehicles.
• Plan, develop, and perform flight tests using simulators, surrogate aircraft, test-bed aircraft, and program air vehicles.
• Verify airworthiness, performance capabilities, and mission effectiveness.
• Partner with Test and Safety leadership to support safe and effective ground and flight testing.
• Collaborate with service test pilots and Integrated Test Team personnel.
• Develop standards, protocols, lessons learned, pilot handbooks, and eventual NATOPS documentation.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Science with 14 years of experience OR Master's Degree in Science with 12 years of experience OR PhD with 10 years of experience.
• Graduate of USNTPS, USAFTPS, Empire Test Pilots School, or EPNER.
• Ability to transfer and maintain final adjudicated Top Secret clearance and required program access.
• Ability to obtain and hold an FAA Second Class Medical.
• Minimum 1,250 hours Tactical Aircraft Pilot Time.
• Minimum 500 hours PIC.
• Previous developmental test-program experience as a test pilot.
• Aircraft carrier pilot experience with more than 150 arrested landings.
• Strong leadership and communication skills with relevant flight-test leadership experience.
• U.S. Citizenship required where applicable to government clearance and restricted program requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Weapons School graduate.
• Fifth-generation fighter flight experience.
• FAA Commercial Pilot Certificate with Multi-Engine Land and Single-Engine Land privileges.
• Boeing 737 Type Rating.
• Risk-management and mitigation experience.
• Previous leadership experience in a military or corporate test organization.
• Master's degree in a related STEM field.

Benefits

• Health insurance.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Savings plan.
• Paid holidays.
• Paid time off.
• Relocation assistance may be available.
• Discretionary bonus may apply.