Senior Flight Test Engineer

As a Senior Flight Test Engineer at Hermeus, you will help plan, coordinate, and execute ground and flight test campaigns for advanced high-speed aircraft systems. This role sits at the center of flight operations, systems integration, mission planning, and test execution, working closely with engineering, certification, operations, and flight crews to ensure vehicles are safely configured and ready to meet program objectives.

You will support everything from test planning and procedure development to test card generation, real-time execution, debriefs, data analysis, and reporting. This is a hands-on role for someone who thrives in fast-moving test environments, can solve problems in real time, and brings strong judgment, technical rigor, and a deep commitment to safety.

As a Senior Flight Test Engineer at Hermeus, you will help plan, coordinate, and execute ground and flight test campaigns for advanced high-speed aircraft systems. This role sits at the center of flight operations, systems integration, mission planning, and test execution, working closely with engineering, certification, operations, and flight crews to ensure vehicles are safely configured and ready to meet program objectives.

You will support everything from test planning and procedure development to test card generation, real-time execution, debriefs, data analysis, and reporting. This is a hands-on role for someone who thrives in fast-moving test environments, can solve problems in real time, and brings strong judgment, technical rigor, and a deep commitment to safety.

The salary information provided is a general guideline only. Hermeus takes various factors into account, including, but not limited to, the position's scope and responsibilities, the candidate's professional background, education and training, essential skills, and market and business considerations, when presenting a job offer.

Salary is only one part of our total compensation and benefits package. Hermeus offers competitive salary and equity, unlimited PTO policy, paid parental leave, potential for year-end bonuses, and more!

100% employer-paid health care 401k & Retirement Plans Unlimited PTO Weekly Paid Office Lunches End of Year Bonuses Fully stocked breakrooms Stock Options Paid Parental Leave

• 5+ years of experience in aerospace or aviation, with a focus on experimental flight testing

• 1+ years of experience as Test Conductor/Test Director in an active flight test program

• Strong understanding of aircraft systems and flight test procedures

• In depth understanding of flight operations and air traffic management

• Understanding of relevant civil and military requirements (FAR’s, MIL-STD)

• Familiarity of data acquisition systems, sensors, and telemetry equipment

• Willingness to travel up to 50%
• Experience with at least one other flight test program

• In-depth knowledge of Real Time Telemetry, and RTT analysis tools ( i.e.IADS , Netview, and/or Nominal)

• Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively in a team environment

• Ability and willingness to learn and take on tasks outside of designated job duties, as needed

• Ability and willingness to learn and take on tasks outside of town area

• Basic skills in typical engineering programming languages such as Python/MATLAB

• Ability to present effective engineering data to multi-disciplinary teams

• Ability to prioritize, organize and track a wide variety of tasks and assignments

• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain Secret and/or Top Secret clearance
• Perform systems integration and test, mission planning for ground and flight tests of multiple systems under test

• Coordinate efforts with other cross functional teams relating to design, fabrication, modification, testing and troubleshooting of aircraft systems

• Coordinate engineering and certification activities for flight test vehicles

• Determine and document aircraft installation, configuration, and integration requirements for flight test vehicles

• Develop and maintain processes to ensure aircraft and systems configuration control

• Work jointly with other cross functional team members to author ground and flight test plans and procedures, including safe and logical sequencing of test conditions to satisfy program requirements

• On-site test management, including test card generation, briefing, debriefing, documenting test results, and test analysis

• Conduct/direct ground and flight tests as part of the flight crew in the ground control station

• Must be capable of supporting off-site testing at austere sites for short term assignments (up to one - two months at a time)