Senior Flight Test Instrumentation Specialist

Wisk Aero; Hollister (CA); On-site; USD 161,000 - 201,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

9 off Fridays for full-time employees

401(k) with company match

Education assistance

Job summary

Wisk Aero is seeking a Flight Test Instrumentation Technical Specialist to install, test, and maintain instrumentation on prototype and certification aircraft at our Hollister facility. You will support engineers during system integration, sensor selection, and aircraft modifications, ensuring high-quality flight data and compliance with safety standards.

The role requires extensive hands-on experience in aerospace instrumentation, sensors, wiring, and data acquisition, with a focus on

Qualifications

• Minimum 12 years hands-on experience installing, maintaining, and troubleshooting flight test instrumentation or aircraft electrical/instrumentation systems in aerospace.
• Experience with instrumentation sensors, wiring harness fabrication, connector termination, data acquisition systems, telemetry, and aircraft integration.
• Knowledge of aircraft electrical systems, manufacturing and assembly processes, quality systems, build documentation, functional testing, and non-conformance processes.

Responsibilities

• Install, fabricate, integrate, calibrate, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair flight test instrumentation systems on prototype and certification aircraft.
• Perform instrumentation installations including strain gauges, accelerometers, thermocouples, displacement sensors, pressure transducers, and related hardware.
• Execute pre-flight and post-flight functional checks, calibrations, and system verification to ensure high-quality flight test data.
• Support instrumentation engineers by providing technical expertise during system integration, sensor selection, aircraft modifications, troubleshooting, and test activities.
• Develop, improve, and document tooling, installation methods, work instructions, and SOPs while ensuring quality and safety compliance.

Skills

Flight Test Instrumentation

Data acquisition systems

Wiring harness fabrication

Tools

Safran XMA data acquisition systems

Job description

Wisk Aero is seeking a Flight Test Instrumentation Technical Specialist to install, test, and maintain instrumentation on prototype and certification aircraft at our Hollister facility. You will support engineers during system integration, sensor selection, and aircraft modifications, ensuring high-quality flight data and compliance with safety standards.

The role requires extensive hands-on experience in aerospace instrumentation, sensors, wiring, and data acquisition, with a focus on