Flight Test Engineer

STS Systems Defense, LLC (SSD) is hiring for a Flight Test Engineer to support our ongoing mission in Tucson, Arizona.

What You’ll Do

Assess technical requirements for avionics modernization and develop testing strategies to verify and validate compliance.

Responsibilities include writing the Test and Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP), Developmental and Operational Test Plans, flight test procedures, and detailed run cards.

Coordinate with test ranges across CONUS, participate in test activities, analyze data, generate validation and verification reports, and support telemetry setup and configuration.

Additional duties include identifying Test and Evaluation (T&E) risk factors, developing risk mitigations and management plans, participating in ITT and T-IPT forums, preparing T&E cost estimates, and ensuring the readiness and availability of T&E resources.

Ensure compliance with safety policies and procedures and support Test Readiness Reviews. Areas of focus include air-to-air and air-to-ground weapons, navigation, data links (SADL, LINK-16), F-16 Core OFP, security of systems, safety of flight, and AG captive/inert/live bomb drops.

Create master documents to include: Flight Test Plans, Procedures, TEMP, Safety of Flight Releases, Schedules, Mission Briefs, Watch Items (WITs), and Reports.

What You Bring

Required:

Security Clearance Requirements: Secret, Top Secret (program specific).

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field.

5 years of recent relevant experience on Air Force weapons system/aircraft.

Test and Evaluation experience.

What We Offer

STS Systems Defense, LLC (SSD) offers a competitive benefits package to include paid holidays, paid time off including sick and vacation leave, medical, dental and vision insurance, flexible spending accounts, short and long term disability, company paid life insurance, 401(k) with a company match and discretionary profit sharing and tuition reimbursement.

SSD is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to any protected category. Hiring preference will be given to BBNC shareholders, their spouses and descendants and Alaska Natives in accordance with Public Law 93-638.