Senior Aerospace Test Engineer

Position Title: Senior Aerospace Test Engineer

Position Description: Protingent Staffing has an exciting direct-hire Senior Aerospace Test Engineer opportunity.

Job Responsibilities:

• The Senior Aerospace Test Engineer will lead advanced aerospace experimentation efforts.
• They will be responsible for the definition and oversight of ground and flight aerodynamics experimentation including subscale wind tunnel testing, high-enthalpy tunnel testing, full-scale vehicle wind tunnel testing, and captive-carry sounding rocket experimentation.
• Further, the engineer will aid in defining objectives, mission requirements, vehicle configurations, instrumentation, and data acquisition requirements for ground and flight testing.
• The successful candidate will aid in defining objectives, mission requirements, vehicle configurations, instrumentation, and data acquisition requirements for full-scale flight demonstrations.
• Direct experience in supersonic and hypersonic flight andhttps://outlook.office.com/mail/inbox/id/AAQkADQ5Y2Y0NTY4LTdjYzItNGVhYS05NTVmLTljNjI1MzQ4MWMxNAAQAO5LpdIoIO5PlOR9n4xPy70%3D ground experimentation is required.

Job Qualifications:

• U.S. Citizenship and active Secret clearance (TS/SCI preferred).
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in a relevant aerospace experimentation
• Direct experience in supersonic and hypersonic flight and ground experimentation
• Direct experience with relevant test facilities such as wind tunnels
• Direct experience with complex aerospace test campaigns including test definition, setup, and execution.
• Comprehensive expertise in aerospace test instrumentation and data acquisition
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.

Job Details:

• Job Type: Direct Hire
• Salary Rate Range: $153,000-$200,000.
• Location: Arlington, VA (Onsite)
• Required US Citizenship - May be required to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance at the appropriate level.

About Protingent: Protingent is a niche provider of top Engineering and IT talent to Software, Electronics, Medical Device, Telecom, and Aerospace companies nationwide. Protingent exists to make a positive impact and contribution to the lives of others as well as our community by providing relevant, rewarding, and exciting work opportunities for our candidates.

Skills

Aerodynamics, Aerospace Engineering, Aerospace and Defense, Campaigns, Communication Skills, Electronics, Information Technology Software, Instrumentation, Medical Equipment, Problem Solving Skills, Product Demonstration, Secret Clearance, Security Clearance, Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI), Telecommunications Industry, Testing, Top Secret Clearance, United States Citizen

About the Company:

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