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Flight Test Engineer

Cambridge, MA

MORSE Corp is an employee owned, small business based in Cambridge, MA, Arlington, VA, and Seattle, WA with a history of fielding cutting-edge technology. MORSE boasts a specially selected team of scientists, engineers, and software developers to deliver best-in-class technical solutions that solve difficult multidisciplinary problems faced by the US National Security Ecosystem.  

As Flight Test Engineer at MORSE, you are a critical member of the team taking vehicles from concept to flight leading fast-paced, iterative, and rigorous test campaigns managing both local and Continental US flight test activities necessary for the development of first-of-a-kind aerial systems. You will provide technical support for multiple programs by managing logistics, safety, and overall coordination of flight test activities. This role will work with engineers across a variety of domains in a rapidly-changing R&D environment and requires a strong sense of systems level design. You will have full responsibility for planning and executing complex test activities at locations including commercial test facilities for Unmanned Aircraft Systems, as well as military bases.

Responsibilities

  • Plan and execute local (New England) and Continental US flight test activities, coordinates with project engineers to identify test objectives and data requirements

  • Own the details and coordinate resources to execute testing including scheduling of range time, equipment shipment, and travel arrangements

  • Ensure necessary test support equipment and instrumentation are available and operable to support testing

  • Champion testing best practices and ensures safe conduct of testing activities

  • Participate in data reduction and data review of test data to verify that test objectives were met

  • Interface with inter-disciplinary engineering teams on novel UAS systems

Requirements

  • US CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED or the ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering or related field

  • 3+ years’ experience as a test engineer in a flight, wind tunnel, or other test environment

  • Experience with design of test instrumentation systems for ground and/or flight testing

  • Experience with test planning and safety assessments for UAS

  • Experience in data reduction in Python, MATLAB, or similar

  • 25-50% Travel

  • Part 107 Certification

  • Quad, multirotor, and/or fixed wing pilot experience

  • Familiarity with an experimental aircraft airworthiness release process

  • Experience with testing UAS Swarming or multi-vehicle control

MORSE Corp’s salary range for this role carefully considers a wide range of compensation factors, including but not limited to, prior experience, education, skills and expertise, location, internal equity, and other factors that are job related and consistent with business need. Therefore, final offer amounts may vary from the amount stated. Depending on role eligibility, total compensation may also include bonus, stock, 401(k) match, paid time off, medical, dental, vision and life insurance.

Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year. MORSE maintains an “open” leave policy that does not restrict exempt, regular full-time employees to a specific number of paid sick or vacation days. However, this policy is not an “unlimited” paid leave policy. 

Compensation

$90,000 - $135,000 USD

The team at MORSE takes pride in being the smart team that is easy to work with. We focus on steady, long-term success with an emphasis on exceptionalism and delivering mission-critical impact to our customers. For more information, please visit www.morsecorp.com.

 

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