Autonomy Vehicle Test Engineer - Flight & Ground Testing

Society of Defense Financial Management; Rock Hill (SC); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Powerus is seeking a Vehicle Test Engineer to plan, execute, and analyze ground and flight tests across our platforms. You will develop test plans, instrument aircraft, and run test events safely, turning data into actionable findings for engineering across GNC, structures, embedded, and manufacturing teams.

You will spend significant time at the test site, not behind a desk. The role requires a engineering degree or equivalent hands-on test experience, with strong data analysis (Python/MATLAB)

Qualifications

• Degree in an engineering discipline or equivalent hands-on test experience.
• Experience planning and executing tests on vehicles, aircraft, or complex hardware.
• Data analysis proficiency (Python or MATLAB) for logs and telemetry.
• Hands-on instrumentation and data acquisition experience.
• Willingness to work outdoors and travel to test sites.
• U.S. Person status required due to ITAR/EAR considerations.

Responsibilities

• Develop test plans, procedures, and acceptance criteria for ground and flight test.
• Instrument aircraft and configure data acquisition and telemetry for test objectives.
• Execute ground test, hardware-in-the-loop, and flight test events safely and repeatably.
• Analyse flight and test data and report findings to engineering with supporting evidence.
• Maintain test infrastructure, fixtures, and environmental/vibration test capability.
• Support envelope expansion, configuration qualification, and acceptance testing.
• Investigate anomalies and field failures with root cause analysis.
• Maintain test records, configuration traceability, and safety documentation.

Skills

Data analysis (Python/MATLAB)

Test planning

Instrumentation

Test execution

Outdoor work

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent hands-on test experience

Tools

Instrumentation & data acquisition systems

Flight test hardware

Job description

Powerus is seeking a Vehicle Test Engineer to plan, execute, and analyze ground and flight tests across our platforms. You will develop test plans, instrument aircraft, and run test events safely, turning data into actionable findings for engineering across GNC, structures, embedded, and manufacturing teams.

You will spend significant time at the test site, not behind a desk. The role requires a engineering degree or equivalent hands-on test experience, with strong data analysis (Python/MATLAB)