Instrumentation Designer-Flight Test

American Honda Finance Corporation - Greensboro, NC

Full-time

Greensboro, NC

Rental and Leasing Services

About the position

The Flight Test Instrumentation Design Engineer is responsible for designing, developing, and coordinating equipment to support Flight Test operations. This role involves creating engineering drawings, evaluating design alternatives, and ensuring that all designs meet the necessary requirements for safety, efficiency, and functionality in flight testing environments.

Responsibilities

• Collects design requirements and develops designs, engineering drawings, and workflows to implement those designs.
• Evaluates alternatives including cost and risk, supportability for equipment, modifications, and test installations.
• Designs installations, products, and components of products supporting Flight Test Instrumentation.
• Generates and ensures engineering drawings and related documents meet requirements for soundness, efficiency, and simplicity in design.
• Generates documentation for Vendor Requirements, SOW's, and Functional Checkout procedures.
• Interfaces with Flight Operations and Aircraft Coordination teams to ensure design requirements are satisfied.
• Coordinates with electrical design and initiates procurement for test equipment installations.
• Integrates external 3rd party test equipment into Experimental Flight Test aircraft, coordinating electrical and mechanical interfaces.
• Maintains Flight Test Drawings schedule coordination with overall Flight Test Schedule.
• Generates prototype/fabrication orders and supports fabrication, installation, and functional checkout of test equipment.
• Resolves issues related to design, documentation, procurement, fabrication, and installation.
• Monitors installation progress for support of schedule.

Requirements

• Experience in designing and developing engineering drawings for flight test instrumentation.
• Knowledge of test equipment and installations including wiring bundles, data racks, and measurement transducers.
• Ability to evaluate design alternatives based on cost, risk, and supportability.
• Strong understanding of engineering documentation standards and practices.
• Experience in coordinating with cross-functional teams including Flight Operations and Aircraft Coordination.

Nice-to-haves

• Familiarity with safety culture in flight operations.
• Experience with external 3rd party test equipment integration.