Flight Test Planning Specialist
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Flight Test Planning Specialist developing FAA-compliant plans for Archer’s advanced air mobility aircraft. Coordinating certification testing, readiness reviews, procedures, and flight-test documentation.
Responsibilities:
- Develop flight test plans traceable to FAA certification basis requirements, defining test objectives, success criteria, and instrumentation needs
- Partner with subsystem engineering to understand system design intent, failure modes, and technical risks, and translate them into test procedures
- Lead or support Test Readiness Reviews, coordinating engineering, safety, and operations inputs
- Author and maintain test plan documentation, including test point matrices, procedures, instrumentation and data requirements, and pass/fail criteria
- Coordinate with certification engineers and, where applicable, FAA representatives to support certification basis and compliance findings
- Contribute to lessons-learned and process improvement efforts for future test planning cycles
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s/Master’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering, Engineering, or a related field
- 10+ years of experience in flight test operations
- Strong knowledge of airworthiness certification flight test programs and regulatory requirements
- Experience with safety risk management processes related to flight testing or complex operational testing
- Proficiency in planning/executing ground and flight tests within certification or military projects
- Exceptional collaboration and interpersonal skills
- Highly organized with strong attention to detail
- FAA pilot certificate is a bonus qualification
Benefits:
- Pay-for-performance culture
- Performance-based compensation
- Certain positions may be eligible for visa sponsorship
- Reasonable accommodations for applicants with physical or mental disabilities and sincerely held religious beliefs
- Equal Opportunity employment commitment


















