Senior Flight Research Engineer – Digital Twin & AI

Modern Technology Solutions; Edwards (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Modern Technology Solutions (MTSI) seeks a Flight Research Engineer to support DARPA/Doolittle Labs projects at Edwards AFB, CA. The role includes research engineering, curriculum instruction, and liaison duties with TPS and USAF elements, with occasional flying responsibilities.

The candidate should possess extensive flight test planning experience, digital engineering expertise, and the ability to lead complex, cross-domain test missions with military and industry partners while maintaining

Qualifications

• Minimum of 12 years of relevant flight research experience.
• Experience with digital twins, physics-informed or surrogate modeling, uncertainty quantification, or data assimilation.
• Qualified (or skills & experience necessary to achieve qualification) test conductor/director (TC/TD).
• Ability to lead the execution of flight test missions and supervise a team of discipline engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lead CyPhER Forge digital twin development, validation, and live demonstration.
• Plan, coordinate, and execute accelerated flight-sciences test campaigns producing high-value data.
• Perform real-time and post-flight data analysis comparing digital twin outputs with measurements.
• Coordinate with TPS, USAF, industry partners, and AI/ML teams for aircraft availability and events.
• Develop, review, and approve test plans, safety analyses, and data strategies.

Skills

Flight research

Digital engineering

Data analysis

Test conductor

Mission control

Team leadership

Communication

AI/ML awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Job description

Modern Technology Solutions (MTSI) seeks a Flight Research Engineer to support DARPA/Doolittle Labs projects at Edwards AFB, CA. The role includes research engineering, curriculum instruction, and liaison duties with TPS and USAF elements, with occasional flying responsibilities.

The candidate should possess extensive flight test planning experience, digital engineering expertise, and the ability to lead complex, cross-domain test missions with military and industry partners while maintaining