Senior Flight Test Instrumentation Engineer - UAS

Slope; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 146,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril is seeking a Flight Test Instrumentation Engineer in the Costa Mesa area to advance instrumentation, telemetry, and data management for Group 5 UAS flight tests.

You will collaborate with discipline engineers, customers, and management to install sensors, perform calibrations, analyze data, and deliver real-time displays for decision-makers, with potential travel and eligibility for a U.S. Top Secret clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical, Mechanical, Mechatronics Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of embedded data acquisition experience in aircraft.
• Strong data visualization using IADS, MATLAB, LabVIEW, Simulink.
• Experience with high-channel-count measurement systems (100–400 signals).
• Knowledge of grounding, bonding and shielding for RF instrumentation signals.

Responsibilities

• Decompose requirements to select and install flight test instrumentation; communicate insights to stakeholders.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with engineers, customers, COMSEC, and program management.
• Lead investigations to diagnose instrumentation and RF telemetry issues; improve reliability and efficiency.
• Design analytics-driven products showing system performance metrics and trends for users.
• Design, fabricate and install flight test instrumentation sensors and data paths into experimental aircraft.
• Perform calibrations and pre-flight checks with engineers for GO/NO-GO decisions.
• Operate and maintain telemetry ground system using COTS software/hardware.
• Travel up to 50% to test sites in CA/NV/TX/OR as needed.

Skills

Embedded data acquisition

IADS

MATLAB

LabVIEW

Simulink

RF telemetry design

Data visualization

Communication

Education

B.S. in EE/Mechatronics

Tools

COTS telemetry hardware

Ground system software

RF measurement equipment

Job description

Anduril is seeking a Flight Test Instrumentation Engineer in the Costa Mesa area to advance instrumentation, telemetry, and data management for Group 5 UAS flight tests.

You will collaborate with discipline engineers, customers, and management to install sensors, perform calibrations, analyze data, and deliver real-time displays for decision-makers, with potential travel and eligibility for a U.S. Top Secret clearance.