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Orb Aerospace · 5 months ago

Flight and Hardware Test Director

Lowell, MI

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

$85K/yr - $130K/yr

Orb Aerospace is dedicated to reindustrializing the Midwest by creating decentralized aviation infrastructure. They are looking for a Flight and Hardware Test Director who will lead testing and engineering efforts for aircraft development, ensuring high performance and safety standards throughout the design and manufacturing process.

AerospaceAir TransportationManufacturing

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Support the physical, electrical and environmental testing of materials, components, sub-assemblies, and full product assemblies. Including performing benchmark testing of both COTS and Orb designed components

Create strategies that support product testing and selection from the component to final product level

Create and execute test campaigns in accordance with the development timelines of Orb’s different product lines. Including creating test plans, test cards, and writing formal test reports

Lead or participate in system, subsystem and vehicle-level FMEA

When needed, act as a remote Pilot in Command to fly prototype air vehicles to collect and quantify aircraft performance. (Including but not limited to, airframe and flight envelope limitations, autonomy and flight control functionality, and communication/EW Resiliency)

When required, design and fabricate experimental apparatuses and/or fixtures to collect experimental data

Write technical documents, drawings, and test reports along with associated specs to ensure a repeatable and sustainable testing program

Work cross functionally with multiple engineering disciplines across the Orb product development teams to stay aligned on both product and part key performance parameters

Stay up to date with latest industry testing standards and implement them where appropriate

Participate in the hiring process including recruiting and interviewing employees for Orb’s future test engineering team

Mentor incoming engineers to build a strong culture of leadership and engineering excellence

Qualification

UAV pilotingSystems engineeringMaterial testingExperimental designData acquisitionSiemens NXTechnical writingLeadershipCross-functional collaborationMentoring

Required

US Citizen or Permanent Resident

In-Person

Committed, dynamic systems engineer/UAV pilot with a passion for engineering and testing hardware software combinations

Support the physical, electrical and environmental testing of materials, components, sub-assemblies, and full product assemblies

Create strategies that support product testing and selection from the component to final product level

Create and execute test campaigns in accordance with the development timelines of Orb's different product lines

Lead or participate in system, subsystem and vehicle-level FMEA

Act as a remote Pilot in Command to fly prototype air vehicles to collect and quantify aircraft performance

Design and fabricate experimental apparatuses and/or fixtures to collect experimental data

Write technical documents, drawings, and test reports along with associated specs to ensure a repeatable and sustainable testing program

Work cross functionally with multiple engineering disciplines across the Orb product development teams

Stay up to date with latest industry testing standards and implement them where appropriate

Participate in the hiring process including recruiting and interviewing employees for Orb's future test engineering team

Mentor incoming engineers to build a strong culture of leadership and engineering excellence

Part 107 qualified and confident in piloting multi-copters and/or fixed-wing UAVs

Familiarity with experimental design, statistical methods, technical writing, and presentation of test results in report format

Hands on experience with instrumentation and data acquisition

Ability to fabricate, tools, fixtures, and apparatus using a wide variety of tools (power and manual)

Familiarity with a variety of sensors including accelerometers, tachometers, strain gauges, and force transducers

A strong background in systems, electrical, mechanical, and/or aerospace engineering

Experience with material and environmental testing, supported by familiarity with performing different industry testing standards (such as ASTM, FAA, IEEE, NASA, etc.)

Experience using Siemens NX or Similar CAD Package

Experience in aircraft, spacecraft, consumer electronic, and/or robotics-based product development