Senior Aerospace Engineer – Fighter OT&E Specialist

Joint Research and Development; Nellis Air Force Base Census-Designated Place (NV); On-site; USD 130,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life & Accident Insurance

Section 125 Flexible Spending Accounts

Disability Insurance

401K Plan

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

Joint Research and Development (JRAD) seeks an Aerospace Engineer (Subject Matter Expert) to support AFOTEC Detachment 6 at Nellis AFB, NV. You will serve as the technical authority on fighter aircraft OT&E, guiding analyses, evaluation strategies, and cross‑team integration.

Responsibilities include leading complex assessments, correlating flight test data with models, advising leadership, and directing multidisciplinary efforts across engineering, operations research, and test teams.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering or related field.
• 20+ years of relevant aerospace engineering experience.
• Experience supporting OT&E activities within AFOTEC or similar.
• Familiarity with fighter aircraft systems (e.g., F-35, F-16, F-15).
• Experience with JSE or other modeling/simulation environments.
• Proficiency in MATLAB, Simulink, Python for analysis and scripting.

Responsibilities

• Serve as principal technical authority on aerospace engineering for fighter aircraft OT&E.
• Lead development of advanced methodologies and evaluation approaches.
• Oversee high-level analyses of aircraft performance and system integration.
• Provide expert evaluation of subsystems including avionics, propulsion, sensors.
• Correlate flight test data with models and M&S outputs.
• Lead risk analyses to inform acquisition decisions and evaluations.
• Advise leadership on technical findings and actions.

Skills

Aerospace engineering expertise

Flight test

JSE modeling

MATLAB/Simulink

Python

Data visualization

Technical leadership

Operational Test & Evaluation

Engineering analysis

Education

Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering

Tools

Joint Simulation Environment (JSE)

MATLAB

Simulink

Python

Data visualization tools

Job description

Joint Research and Development (JRAD) seeks an Aerospace Engineer (Subject Matter Expert) to support AFOTEC Detachment 6 at Nellis AFB, NV. You will serve as the technical authority on fighter aircraft OT&E, guiding analyses, evaluation strategies, and cross‑team integration.

Responsibilities include leading complex assessments, correlating flight test data with models, advising leadership, and directing multidisciplinary efforts across engineering, operations research, and test teams.