Flight Test Engineer (Mid-Level or Senior)

About the position

The Boeing Test & Evaluation (BT&E) group is looking for a Flight Test Engineer to join our Flight Test and Evaluation team in China Lake, California. Naval Air Weapons Station (NAWS) China Lake provides and maintains land, facilities and other assets that support the Navy’s research, development, acquisition, testing and evaluation (RDAT&E) of cutting-edge weapons systems for the warfighter. NAWS China Lake is adjacent to the city of Ridgecrest and is located in the Western Mojave Desert region of California, approximately 150 miles north of Los Angeles. NAWS China Lake is one of the largest military installations in the world. In total, its main site and two ranges cover more than 1.1 million acres, an area larger than the state of Rhode Island. The primary program supported by The Boeing Company on NAWS China Lake is the F/A-18 multirole strike fighter and the EA-18 variant. Boeing works directly with our Navy customer supporting its mission to improve the warfighting capabilities of the F/A-18 and EA-18G through system integration, development, test and evaluation of electronic and weapon systems. The site is comprised of employees from across the Boeing enterprise including Boeing Test and Evaluation (BT&E), Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS), and Boeing Global Services (BGS). Our site works on programs for the US Military and Foreign Military Sales customers. The diverse team at China Lake is extremely motivated, skilled, knowledgeable, and highly valued by its customers and business partners. Our teams are currently hiring for a broad range of experience levels including Mid-Level and Senior level Flight Test Engineers.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for test planning, execution, and analysis of flight, ground, and laboratory tests of electronic and weapon systems on F/A-18s, EA-18s, or their subsystems.
• Applies general knowledge of aircraft systems (e.g., avionics, hydraulic, electrical, egress systems), components (e.g., multifunction displays wing, engine, landing gear transmission), and loadable/non-loadable software (e.g., radar operational programs, inertial navigation programs, operational flight programs).
• Evaluates results against customer and design specification.
• Supports testing to verify system behavior and integration into platform.
• Participates on test and analysis teams; provides guidance and recommendations to test conductors, engineers, technicians, maintainers, customers, and management to ensure program and test objectives are achieved.
• Interfaces with the customer and management at test coordination and/or technical interface meetings to provide findings and recommendations.
• Builds customer trust by being available for technical consultation and troubleshooting assistance when requested by the customer.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited course of study in engineering, engineering technology (includes manufacturing engineering technology), chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science, or computer science.
• Engineering experience with tactical fixed wing aircraft.
• Experience working with Flight Test.
• Ability to obtain a U.S. Top Secret/SCI Security Clearance.

Nice-to-haves

• Level 4: 5 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Master’s Degree in Engineering.
• Prior F/A-18 and/or EA-18G mission system experience.

Benefits

• Competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.
• Health insurance.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Health savings accounts.
• Retirement savings plans.
• Life and disability insurance programs.
• Programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work.