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Location: Farnborough
Job type: Contract/Locum
Aircraft type:
Contact: John Paul
Sector: Aircraft, Flight Crew, Operations
Job Role: Engineers Jobs
HAPS – Flight Test Engineer
Farnborough
12 months
£320 per day
Description of the job
You will be accountable to the HAPS Test and Evaluation Post Holder for the following tasks:
• Capturing diverse flight test requirements and creating safe and resilient integrated test plans to deliver the required data efficiently
• Steering flight test programmes through internal and external approvals including detailed risk assessment and safety management
• Directing the conduct of test flying campaigns and participating as part of the operating crew
• Gathering flight test data and writing authoritative post-flight and technical reports
• The successful candidate may be required to travel with the role to a number of different locations.
Essential skills and experience
• Recognised flight test qualification with at least two years flight test experience
• Substantial experience working in a multi-disciplinary aerospace technical team
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with substantial experience in authoring technical reports
Desirable skills and experience
• Formal Flight Test qualification (preferably graduate of a one-year Class A flight test course or equivalent)
• Experience in testing automatic flight control systems, unmanned aircraft systems, low-speed aerodynamics and airborne systems
• Qualification and aerospace experience in safety engineering and operating risk management
• A pilot’s licence or other relevant flying experience
• Degree-level qualification in an engineering or related technical subject
For more information please contact John Paul at Protec Technical Ltd.
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