Aircrew Flight Equipment Test Engineer

Aircrew Flight Equipment Test Engineer – Mid-Level

LOCATION: Eglin AFB, FL

JOB STATUS: Full-time

CLEARANCE: Secret

TRAVEL: 25%

Astrion has an exciting opportunity for an Aircrew Flight Equipment Test Engineer Mid-Level at Eglin AFB, FL

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS

• Bachelor’s Degree and 3-10 years of applicable experience. Additional experience may be substituted for education.
• Active Secret clearance is required.  U.S. Citizenship.
• Must be a self-motivated and able to take responsibility for identifying, organizing, coordinating, and executing necessary tasks leading to the successful accomplishment of assigned duties.
• Must have a demonstrated ability to work independently and as part of an integrated test team
• Previous qualification as an AFE Technician or Survivable Equipment Specialist
• Must be able to effectively communicate orally and possess technical writing skills to provide results to decision makers.
• Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office Word, Excel, Power Point, and Outlook applications is required.
• Familiar with operational use of various aircrew flight equipment to include oxygen masks, helmets, CBRN protection, laser eye protection, and helmet mounted devices.
• Familiarity in the operational use of various aircrew flight equipment test equipment to include the following: oxygen mask test sets, aircraft intercom test sets, and night vision goggle test sets.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS

• Developing test plans and reports.
• Collecting, parsing, and validating data.
• Analyzing data, reporting findings and observations, and documenting deficiencies to determine compliance with user requirements.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Performs as Test Engineer for Aircrew Flight Equipment (AFE) test objectives.
• Provides support for planning, execution, and reporting phases of developmental test and evaluation (DT&E).
• Provides technical leadership in the identification of test objectives, methods of testing, test support and documentation requirements for test projects.
• Assists in writing methods of test, test directives, technical or letter reports, and any other test related documents as required in the conduct of testing.