Flight Test Jobs

Flight Sciences Intern to support aerodynamic and thermal analysis, CFD, and multidisciplinary sizing for Mach Industries' autonomous vehicle platforms at the Huntington Beach HQ.

Lead flight test planning and execution for innovative electric aircraft programs, supporting development and FAA certification activities.

Operate and validate autonomous aerial suppression UAVs to advance wildfire mitigation technology at a mission-driven company.

Northrop Grumman is hiring a Staff GNC Engineer to lead control-law and autonomy development, simulation, and flight-test activities for advanced manned and unmanned air vehicles in Redondo Beach, CA.

Lead avionics systems integration and test efforts for Terran R at Relativity Space, managing a team to validate complex electrical and software systems and support flight hardware installation and operations.

Lead systems architecture, integration, and test for small unmanned aerial systems at a fast-moving defense technology company focused on autonomy and mission-ready solutions.

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Lead vehicle-level risk for Starship and Super Heavy by owning risk tracking, supporting flight readiness, and providing on-console authority during test and launch operations.

Shield AI is hiring a Software Test Engineer to build automated system-level tests and test automation for sensors, avionics, and flight control software on a next-generation autonomous aircraft.

Lead system-level test automation and release qualification for Shield AI’s VBAT and next‑generation autonomous aircraft, ensuring safe, rapid deployments to flight operations.

Shield AI is hiring a Principal Mechanical Design Engineer to lead mechanism architecture and development for next-generation autonomous UAV systems in a high-ownership, remote role.

Lead the design, validation, and flight-test maturation of control laws and state estimation for a novel wing-in-ground-effect seaglider, driving certification-ready GNC systems for production.

REGENT is looking for a seasoned GNC/Controls Engineer to develop and validate flight-control and state-estimation systems for its next-generation seagliders, bridging simulation, HIL, and sea-trial tuning toward a certifiable production system.

BETA Technologies seeks a Battery Analytics Engineer to design and implement fuel gauging, analytics, and tooling that support battery performance, safety, and certification for electric aircraft.

Lead Merlin's Interactive Teaming efforts to architect, research, and deliver human-machine and machine-machine teaming capabilities for autonomous airborne systems.

Threat Tec seeks a Senior Engineer/Scientist to lead engineering and scientific efforts for UAS solutions on the RS3 contract, delivering technical analysis, system design, and mentorship under Secret clearance requirements.

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Lead the design and certification of the Starship Flight Termination System at SpaceX, ensuring safety-critical hardware meets rigorous reliability and regulatory requirements.

Lead cross-functional programs for Anduril’s Tactical Recon & Strike team, driving software infrastructure, field test operations, and on-call response for Group 1–3 drone systems.

Work on Hermeus's Avionics Hardware team in Atlanta as a paid Spring 2026 intern designing and testing electrical systems for high-speed aircraft.

Early-career mechanical engineer needed to design, prototype, and test spaceflight fluid/thermal hardware for NASA and commercial missions at IRPI.

Merlin Labs is hiring a Mission Autonomy — Situational Awareness Lead to define and deliver perception, sensor-fusion, and world-model capabilities for airborne autonomy.

Lead flight research and test operations for Joby’s crewed and UAS platforms in Concord, applying deep flight-test expertise to support certification and engineering development.

Northrop Grumman is seeking an experienced Ground Test Engineering Manager to lead a team of flight test engineers at Edwards AFB in support of critical flight test operations.

Shield AI is hiring an experienced Principal Mechanism Design Engineer to lead the design and delivery of precision electro-mechanical mechanisms for advanced autonomous UAVs.

Senior technical leader needed to own design, test, and productization of large unmanned air vehicles for Anduril’s Air Dominance & Strike portfolio.

Astro Mechanica seeks a practical, hands-on Electrical Engineer to develop high-reliability aircraft electronics and support hardware through ground and flight testing.

Axiom Space seeks an experienced Director of PAC Subsystems to lead development, verification, and operation of EVA avionics and power systems that enable mission-critical human spaceflight capabilities.

Anduril is hiring an experienced Electrical Engineer to design and test airborne EO/IR electronics and support system integration for next-generation defense platforms.

Boeing is hiring an Experienced Software Engineer – Test & Verification to lead testing and verification activities for the B-1B platform at Tinker AFB, OK.

MORSE Corp is looking for a seasoned Mechanical Engineer to lead design, prototyping, and structural test efforts for UAV systems in a fast-moving, multidisciplinary environment supporting U.S. national security customers.

Reliable Robotics is seeking a Flight Guidance Engineer to design and implement guidance algorithms and validation infrastructure that enable safe autonomous flight.

Nominal seeks a Mission Operations Engineer to deploy and integrate mission-critical software with aerospace and defense customers while driving customer success and product feedback.

Fuse seeks a detail-oriented Systems Engineer III to lead system design and software–hardware integration for tactical communications and networking solutions supporting U.S. defense customers.

Experienced aerospace systems engineer needed to lead the design, integration, and FAA certification of LTA's next-generation airship, providing technical leadership and mentorship across engineering teams.

Reliable Robotics seeks a hands-on Mechanical Engineering Intern to design, build, test, and integrate mechanical systems for flight-test aircraft at its Mountain View facility.

Shield AI seeks a Senior Autonomy Engineer to design and deliver tactical behaviors for unmanned systems, blending classical autonomy and machine learning for deployment on operational platforms.

Senior Software Engineer to architect and build high-performance web backends and real-time map-based UIs for Anduril's autonomous aerial systems at the Costa Mesa team.

Support DARPA and NASA-oriented payload and in-space welding development as a Systems Engineer responsible for requirements, MBSE (MagicDraw), verification, and system integration.

Moog is hiring a Senior Project Engineer in Torrance to lead the design, integration, and verification of complex electromechanical aerospace test systems for military aircraft.

Lead the design and deployment of tactical autonomy and multi-agent behavior architectures for unmanned systems at a mission-focused defense AI company.

Shield AI seeks a Senior Staff Engineer to lead autonomy software integration and flight-test support for unmanned aircraft, delivering reliable systems from lab bring-up to field deployment.

Lead development of tactical autonomy and behavior architectures for unmanned systems at Shield AI, combining classical algorithms and ML to deliver deployed capabilities for defense programs.

Shield AI is hiring a Senior Manager to lead flight integration teams and deliver autonomy software onto unmanned aircraft for mission-critical defense deployments.

Experienced systems-focused engineers are sought to integrate autonomy software onto unmanned aircraft, support flight testing, and deliver mission-ready embedded solutions in fast-paced field environments.

Experienced autonomy leader needed to manage technical teams and deliver tactical autonomy behaviors for unmanned systems across multi-domain defense platforms.

Shield AI is hiring a Senior Manager for Perception to lead technical teams in building real-time sensor fusion, detection, and state-estimation software for autonomous aircraft operating in contested environments.

Shield AI is hiring a Senior Perception Engineer to design and deliver real-time object detection, sensor fusion, and state-estimation algorithms for autonomous aircraft operating in contested and GPS-denied environments.

Senior Staff Engineer — Perception to lead development of real-time detection, fusion, and state-estimation algorithms for airborne autonomy at a mission-focused defense AI company.

Lead complex integration of autonomy software onto unmanned aircraft, supporting flight readiness, on-site testing, and post-flight analysis for defense-relevant missions.

Lead the architecture and delivery of telemetry-driven analytics and predictive maintenance systems to provide fleet health, reliability insights, and operational visibility for Pivotal's BlackFly and Helix programs.

Merlin Labs seeks a senior autonomy engineer to lead decision-making, behavior execution, and motion planning for airborne mission autonomy from our Boston HQ.