Aircraft Performance Analyst

Great emphasis is placed on the ability to self-check one's work and multiple QA steps are performed in the process. High quality, accurate and timely work are expected while working on multiple tasks. Deep knowledge of aircraft types, capabilities, and the aviation industry as a whole is beneficial.
Duties and Responsibilities

• Work independently to collect, analyze, evaluate, and model aircraft performance and weight & balance data from a variety of sources, including technical charts and data sources (POH, AFM and more).
• Maintain flight planning performance, weight & balance, and runway databases for a library of aircraft - ranging from General to Military aircraft
• Develop software tools to assist in aircraft modeling efforts and data quality control.
• Assimilate customer feedback for use as a benchmark in evaluating model accuracy.
• Work cooperatively with internal teams to assist and provide guidance and expertise with any aircraft data related issues.
• Other duties as assigned by team lead.

Skills & Requirements

• Private pilot license desired, but not required.
• Deep knowledge of aircraft manuals (POH/AFM), associated performance and weight & balance data, and procedures within, including reading, interpreting, and using technical/graphical charts and data.
• Familiarity with aircraft performance, weight and balance, and other aircraft data and associated concepts.
• Uncompromising dedication to provide results with the highest accuracy.
• Strong spreadsheet skills, primarily Google Sheets & Excel (occasionally pivot tables, use of advanced functions, VBA/Javascript).
• Strong problem-solving and mathematical skills, especially in the context of interpreting graphical and tabular data and how to model these data for use within algorithms.
• Programming experience and experience with software development is a big plus.
• Atlassian product knowledge, including Confluence and JIRA, as well as GitHub, a plus.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Effective keyboard skills.

Education/Experience
Requires a bachelor's degree in area of specialty and 1-2 years of experience in the field or in a related field.
About ForeFlight, LLC.
ForeFlight produces the best-selling iPad and iPhone app for pilots flying personal and business aircraft, corporate flight departments, and aircraft operators. Customers include individual pilots worldwide, Fortune 500 corporate flight departments, state and federal agencies, leading operators, the military, and leading aircraft OEMs. We have been in the App Store since its grand opening in July 2008 and are consistently ranked in the top 50 grossing iPad apps in the App Store.
We are known for our exceptional software user interface design and responsive, customer support. ForeFlight Mobile, our flagship application, was named Aviation Consumer's 2011 App of the Year and received Flying Magazine's Editors' Choice Award for 2011, 2012, and 2013.
Why You Should Join:
At ForeFlight, we know you want a rewarding career. To do that, you need challenging projects, a good work environment, and awesome coworkers. We believe in our employees, and we
empower them to make a direct impact on our products and services messaging. We strive to provide ForeFlighters and their loved ones with a world-class benefits experience, focused on supporting their physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing. Our benefits package includes but not limited to the following:

• Medical, dental, vision insurance with Employer paid health premiums
• Open PTO Policy
• 401(k) with up to 10% company matching and immediate vesting
• 10 Weeks Paid Maternity Leave
• 4 Weeks Paid Paternity Leave
• Flight Training Rewards
• Tuition Stipend