Flight Test Engineer

Cambridge Aerospace; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Private Medical & Dental

Cycle to work scheme

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Cambridge Aerospace is seeking a hands-on Flight Test Engineer to lead trials execution. You will ensure test articles are prepared and flight-ready, and you will own safety, packaging, and on-site coordination for trials.

You will translate R&D requirements into concrete test plans and work with engineers, pilots, and technicians to ensure trials are conducted safely and learnings are maximized. A strong background in mechanical/aerospace/electrical engineering and robust communication are

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• Proven experience in building and maintaining hardware systems in test and operational settings.
• Strong understanding of test discipline, safety procedures, and configuration control.
• Excellent communication, documentation, and coordination skills, particularly in high-tempo environments.

Responsibilities

• Ensure test articles are built, configured, updated, and ready to fly.
• Own and maintain packing lists for aircraft, payloads, target drones, comms, telemetry, tools, and spares.
• Gather test requirements from R&D teams and translate those requirements into concrete test plans with defined success criteria.
• Review the plan with engineering teams before the trial.
• Coordinate personnel on site, including engineers, pilots, observers, technicians and any other involved personnel.
• Manage safety on site, including situational awareness, escalation of hazards, and stop/go authority.

Skills

Bachelor degree

Test discipline

Safety procedures

Configuration control

Communication

Documentation

Coordination

Mechanical

Aero/Elec engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Job description

We are seeking a hands-on and technically adept professional to serve as a Flight Test Engineer at Cambridge Aerospace. The Flight Test Engineer is the tactical owner of trials execution. They make sure that when engineering wants to test something, it happens safely, predictably, and in a way that produces real learning.

Responsibilities

• Ensure test articles (airframes, payloads, targets) are built, configured, updated, and ready to fly
• Own and maintain packing lists for aircraft, payloads, target drones, comms, telemetry, tools, and spares
• Gather test requirements from R&D teams and translate those requirements into concrete test plans with defined success criteria
• Review the plan with engineering teams before the trial
• Coordinate personnel on site, including engineers, pilots, observers, technicians and any other involved personnel
• Manage safety on site, including situational awareness, escalation of hazards, and stop/go authority

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Electrical Engineering or a related field
• Proven experience in building and maintaining hardware systems in test and operational settings
• Strong understanding of test discipline, safety procedures, and configuration control
• Excellent communication, documentation, and coordination skills, particularly in high-tempo environments

Preferred Qualifications/Experience

• Experience in fast-paced R&D or startup environments, with rapid prototype iteration times
• Defense or aerospace industry experience

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation and stock options
• Private Medical & Dental
• Cycle to work scheme

About Us

The mission of Cambridge Aerospace is to eliminate the risk of existential war in Europe. That risk comes from the air - low-cost drones and cruise missiles now manufactured in colossal volumes by our adversaries, ballistic missiles capable of ending the world as we know it, and a new generation of hypersonic weapons that evade every existing defence.

We're building low-cost interceptors that defeat these threats, and the surveillance systems to detect and target them - at a cost taxpayers can afford, at the pace the threat demands, and with sovereign supply chains that assure delivery.

We have immense backing from the world's best venture funds. We're one of the fastest growing defence technology companies in history. And we're hiring the best engineers to prosecute the mission.

If you are in the top 1%, willing to work harder than you ever have, build technology better than anyone else, and contribute to the defining challenge of our time, now is the time to join us.

Our Commitment to Inclusion

We're committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace.