Flight Test Engineering Lead

About the role

Anduril Industries is seeking a Flight Test Engineering Lead to own the planning, execution, and reporting of flight test campaigns for autonomous aerial vehicles. This hands‑on leadership position will bridge engineering design and operational stakeholders to ensure mission‑ready capabilities.

Key responsibilities

• Lead a small team of flight test engineers, managing workload, priorities and professional development.
• Own the full flight test campaign schedule, coordinating with chief engineer and program leadership.
• Serve as primary interface with customer test authorities during joint test events and operational evaluations.
• Make risk‑informed go/no‑go and safety‑of‑flight decisions in coordination with the flight test director.
• Author and review test plans, test cards, data reduction plans and define test points, flight envelopes and success criteria.
• Conduct flight tests as test conductor or vehicle operator, including pre‑flight checks, mission execution and post‑flight debrief.
• Develop and maintain flight test instrumentation, telemetry configurations and data acquisition setups.
• Coordinate range operations, airspace requirements and regulatory compliance.
• Support design and integration of autonomous vehicle subsystems and manage hardware‑software interfaces.
• Perform data reduction, analysis and author detailed test reports for internal and customer audiences.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in aerospace, mechanical, electrical engineering or related discipline.
• 7+ years of flight test engineering or systems integration experience.
• Proven experience planning and executing flight test campaigns and authoring test documentation.
• Demonstrated ability to lead a small technical team through complex test programs.
• Working knowledge of flight dynamics, aerodynamics, propulsion or control theory.
• Familiarity with flight test instrumentation, data acquisition and telemetry systems.
• Experience with test hazard analysis, safety reviews and airworthiness procedures.
• Proficiency with Linux, command‑line interfaces and software debugging in test environments.
• Strong written communication skills for clear, defensible test plans and reports.
• Ability to obtain and maintain an NV1 security clearance.

Required skills

• Linux operating system
• Command‑line interface usage
• Software debugging in test environments
• Flight test instrumentation
• Data acquisition systems
• Telemetry configuration
• Flight dynamics and aerodynamics knowledge
• Propulsion and control theory