Senior Flight Test Engineer, Unmanned Air Vehicles

Anduril
Las Vegas
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 126,000 - 167,000 annuallyFunction: QA, Test & Release EngineeringExperience: 10+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Communication","Interpersonal skills","Documentation","Ability to work independently","Ability to work as part of a team","Bias for action","Problem-solving","Schedule and coordinate work"]

Lead developmental flight test efforts for a new Group 5 UAS, planning, coordinating, executing, and reporting across a full test campaign. You’ll determine technical approaches to meet T&E goals, manage and execute technical efforts under minimal supervision, and support high-risk test events spanning laboratory, ground, and flight environments. Partner with program leadership and cross-functional teams, facilitate technical interactions, and support government test facility execution with USG partners.

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Senior Flight Test Engineer, Unmanned Air Vehicles

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Job Summary

Lead developmental flight test efforts for a new Group 5 UAS, planning, coordinating, executing, and reporting across a full test campaign. You’ll determine technical approaches to meet T&E goals, manage and execute technical efforts under minimal supervision, and support high-risk test events spanning laboratory, ground, and flight environments. Partner with program leadership and cross-functional teams, facilitate technical interactions, and support government test facility execution with USG partners.
Location: Las Vegas
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: QA, Test & Release Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Determine, develop, and recommend technical approaches to achieve T&E goals set by T&E and program leadership.
  • •Manage, guide, and execute technical efforts for the Fury development test program, including input to test event planning, preparation, execution, and reporting.
  • •Ensure comprehensive flight test campaign execution for multiple test articles supporting high-risk test events.
  • •Test hardware and software in laboratory, ground, and flight environments, with an emphasis on resource planning and process improvements to increase test efficiency.
  • •Facilitate technical interactions across engineering teams and T&E IPT members, including support for test execution at government test facilities with USG partners.
Travel: Medium travel

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 126,000 - 167,000 annually

Key Requirements

  • •10+ years as a test conductor/director for developmental aircraft, weapons, or missile systems.
  • •Bachelor’s degree in a related technical discipline (or equivalent engineering experience).
  • •Test engineering experience for developmental manned/unmanned aircraft, including requirements development, test planning/execution, and test reporting.
  • •Strong understanding of Test & Evaluation concepts and experience influencing system design/configuration across Integrated Product Teams.
  • •Knowledge of DCMA INST 8210, MIL-STD-516, 14 CFR, and UAS operating rules, plus experience conducting development flight test operations at military ranges.
Experience:10+ yearsTest & EvaluationUASUnmanned aircraftManned aircraftWeaponsMissile systemsDoD
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:CommunicationInterpersonal skillsDocumentationAbility to work independentlyAbility to work as part of a teamBias for actionProblem-solvingSchedule and coordinate work
Languages:English
Tech Stack:DCMA INST 8210MIL-STD-51614 CFRNational Airspace System

Eligibility

Security Clearance:Top Secret

Company Brief

Anduril
Designs and builds advanced defense systems combining autonomous aircraft, sensors, and AI-driven software for military and national security applications, focused on modernizing battlefield capabilities and distributed sensing.
Industry: Defense Technology
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: Costa Mesa, United States
Founded: 2017
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