Flight Engineer Job Description
Flight engineer
provides technical support in the development, implementation, and maintenance of aviation mission equipment across all Army Aircraft platforms.
Flight Engineer Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Flight qualification of systems
Support flight test activities, including planning, coordinating test events, participate in test plan reviews, risk assessments and mitigation, pre and post flight briefs
Participate in flight tests as test coordination and recording data as required
Review and catalog the data recording systems and their operation on test aircraft
Create an Aircraft Flight Manual Supplement for test aircraft identifying and defining the function of cockpit controls
Review and organize aircraft avionics systems dwgs
Designs, develops, coordinates, equipment, and Installations, to support Flight Test operations
Creates engineering drawings and related documents for soundness, efficiency, and simplicity in design
Provide systems, design, analysis, and test documentation
Make and deliver technical presentations
Flight Engineer Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Flight Engineer
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: FAA, SMS, NCATT, CAM, NBAA, US, A&P, CFR, JAA
Education for Flight Engineer
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the flight engineer job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Engineering, Science, Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics, Technical, Aerospace Engineering, Chemistry, Technology, Math
Skills for Flight Engineer
Desired skills for flight engineer include:
DynCorp International policies and regulations pertinent to the operational requirement
FAA
Original Equipment Manufacturer
Proper utilization of aviation tools
Special tools
Technical manuals governing aircraft maintenance procedures
Hardware and equipment used in the maintenance and re-configuration of large fixed wing aircraft
ICAO
Dial indicators
DoS INL/A
Desired experience for flight engineer includes:
High School diploma along with 8 years of technically related experience including 2 years experience with systems instrumentation (strongly desire aircraft system and flight test experience) and data capture, storage and analysis
AS degree in Engineering or Physical Science along with 8 years of general work related experience including 2 years systems instrumentation experience, data capture, storage and analysis
BS in non-engineering discipline along with 8 years related experience of which 2 years are performing para-engineering duties and 2 years systems instrumentation experience, data capture, storage and analysis
BS degree in Engineering or Physical Science along with 3 years of general work experience including 2 years systems instrumentation experience, data capture, storage and analysis
Advanced degree with 2 years of systems instrumentation or data analysis experience
Demonstrated strength in of the listed technical competencies
Flight Engineer Examples
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Flight Engineer Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of flight engineer. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for flight engineer
- Support engineering flight project schedule, procurement documentation, budget and system requirements documents
- Develop and support sub-project requirement and verification data packages to support architecture requirements, design, verification/validation, operations, and sustaining engineering
- Conduct product life cycle reviews, coordinate integration, verification and validation activities
- Work with requirements to align with hardware specifications while understanding the verifications
- Perform system engineering functions of projects and provide user input feedback during the design process
- Work and present schedule and progress to customers
- Supports new spacecraft development efforts
- Assist the Launch Chief Engineer in monitoring and assessing Test or Production anomalies for flight risk and work with engineering to resolve issues leading up to launch
- Perform post-test and flight data analysis and review and system assessment
- That includes Medium & Light transport aircraft
Qualifications for flight engineer
- May work extended hours or weekends
- You must be working toward a degree in Aerospace, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering
- ACRA and IADS experience is a plus
- Working knowledge of Data Acquisition systems operation & management, data display and analysis programs
- You must have good programming skills (C++, Fortran, Visual Basic)
- Must hold a Bachelor’s Degree in an engineering discipline
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Job Description Example
Our growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of flight engineer. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for flight engineer
- Airport/runway obstacle analysis to determine optimum take off/landing performance for all RYR current and potential destinations/alternates
- Evaluation of potential new airports advising the Commercial Department on their operational viability, to include Airport Categorisation and occasional airport visits as required
- Payload/range analysis for potential new routes
- Respond and provide feedback to crew on all performance and load control related issues encountered during line operations
- Monitoring of all aeronautical publications for changes to in house published data
- Assessment of operational impact of published NOTAMS
- Liaise with aircraft manufacturers, regulatory authorities, contractors and airport authorities to ensure the integrity of all information and data
- Preparation and revision of airfield briefing documentation
- Mission Operations
- Mission Training
Qualifications for flight engineer
- Bachelors degree required or significant related weapons experience
- Engineering degree candidate with a major in Aviation, Aerospace, Systems or Electrical Engineering
- Proficiency in 3D multiple component designs and 2D fully dimensional and tolerance drawings
- Sedentary, involves sitting most of the time, but may involve walking or standing for brief periods
- Some travel is anticipated both locally and long distance by car or plane
- Model based design (Simulink, MATLAB)
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Job Description Example
Our company is hiring for a flight engineer. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for flight engineer
- Test Operations
- Cargo Integration
- Mission Systems
- Review aircraft log book and deferred maintenance and carry-over logs to ensure that all maintenance discrepancies are cleared, and all Deferred Maintenance Item’s (DMI’s) are either cleared or current
- Processes and validates retrieved flight data
- Prepares FDA statistics
- Generates regular FDA reports
- Develops flight data and flight safety analysis
- Supports flight safety reporting and investigation
- FDA administrative tasks
Qualifications for flight engineer
- BS degree in engineering from an accredited engineering school and five (5) years of related engineering or systems engineering experience, or a MS degree from an accredited engineering school and four (4) years of related engineering or systems engineering experience, or Ph.D
- Electronic Warfare, Countermeasures Experience
- 60 EO/IR and avionics flight testing, including all aspects of system development and integration and the impacts on test planning and test objectives
- Capable of solving complex problems on schedule as an individual or as a member or leader of a team
- Knowledge of programming languages such as MatLab, Python, C, C++
- Must be willing to travel on occasion to support launch campaigns
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Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking for a flight engineer. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for flight engineer
- Generating functional flow diagrams
- Highly professional software engineer and work collaboratively with an international team
- Develops and maintains technical relationships / partnerships on as needed basis with customers, suppliers, peers, partners and team members to execute on projects
- The development of requirements, functional architecture, design, documentation, and interface definition to external elements
- Ensuring that the design meets functional and performance requirements and complies with institutional standards, reliability requirements, project requirements, and approved waivers
- Developing system architectures and risk management analyses
- Working independently on key projects and assignments with only limited direction
- Leading working groups or design teams as needed to conduct trades or resolve technical issues
- Developing, preparing and executing verification and validation plans of significant impact to the project
- Presenting complex avionics concepts to line management, project management and technical reviewers
Qualifications for flight engineer
- Employee will be required to participate in Altitude Chamber training upon hire and on a recurring basis
- Master's degree in engineering disciplines plus 10 years of experience is required
- Work is timely, efficient and of acceptable quality
- BS degree in engineering from an accredited engineering school and ten (10) years of related engineering or systems engineering experience, or a MS degree from an accredited engineering school and eight (8) years of related engineering or systems engineering experience, or Ph.D
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience in a Flight Operations Engineering role (airline or aviation focused performance vendor)
- Sound knowledge of Aircraft Systems and Aircraft Performance principles and applications, proficient in Manufacturer’s Operations Engineering Software Applications having attended Boeing Performance Engineer and Weight and Balance courses
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Job Description Example
Our growing company is looking to fill the role of flight engineer. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for flight engineer
- Tracking and resolving technical issues within and external to the subsystem
- Overseeing anomaly tracking, disposition and corrective action for the subsystem
- Mentoring and coaching junior members of the team
- Conduct propellant-efficient operations, according to station-keeping theory and practice
- Participate in flight dynamics software tool maintenance, development, testing and enhancement
- Provide mentorship/leadership to junior Flight Dynamics Engineer
- Preparation of models, check cases and input data
- Interaction with interface disciplines such as aerodynamics, fuel/stores, loads, safety
- Maintenance and update of existing tools
- Performance of linear and non-linear assessments
Qualifications for flight engineer
- Applied knowledge of navigation and tactical grade Inertial Measurement Units and Inertial Navigation System
- Applied knowledge of optimal estimation techniques such as the Extended Kalman filter and unscented Kalman filters, and analysis of random processes
- Applied knowledge of various navigation sensor systems such as JPALS, Radar, differential GPS and MEMs IMUs
- Prior experience and familiarity with E-2 aircraft and flight test is preferred
- Up to three years of previous experience
- Prior manned spaceflight experience desired