Manager, Flight Test Instrumentation

What You’ll Do

• Build, lead and maintain a diverse team of flight test instrumentation personnel supporting the development and certification of Archer’s piloted eVTOL aircraft project.
• Maintain configuration control of the data acquisition system.
• Design, install and maintain the data acquisition system and associated hardware and software.
• Ensure data is processed post-flight.
• Develop software to create GUI interfaces required for real-time and post-flight data visualization on and off aircraft. 
• Ensure flight test instrumentation activities are completed on time and within budget.
• Key advisor to the Head of Flight Test regarding all aircraft instrumentation activities.
• Develop processes and documentation to support the installation and maintenance of flight test instrumentation.
• Collaborate with the flight test, engineering and certification teams to plan and perform all required development and certification flight test activities.
• Collaborate with all engineering design and analysis teams to establish a comprehensive instrumentation plan including, but not limited to, all strain monitoring, temperature monitoring, vibration monitoring, pressure monitoring, airflow monitoring, etc.   
• Lead a team that will design all instrumentation wiring, termination, and integration with the aircraft.
• Lead a team that will design all hardware required for flight test including but not limited to instrumentation racks, air data booms, etc.

What You Need

• B.S. in Engineering.
• 10+ years experience as instrumentation engineer & experimental flight test
• Experience with data acquisition hardware and telemetry operations and standards.
• Ability to work with Matlab.
• Experience with instrumentation systems design and implementation on experimental aircraft. 
• Flight test configuration management process experience. 

Bonus Qualifications

• Experience in a leadership role.