Systems Engineer

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Salary band	Any
Salary details	$DOE
Location	North Carolina
Job type	Any
Company	Chipton Ross
Contact	Claiborne Peebles
Job categories	Aero Engineer, Airworthiness Engineer, Mechs,techs,elecs
Posted	24/05/2012
Expires	26/05/2012

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Job Description

Flight Test, Aircraft~

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Engineer responsible for all instrumentation related activities on assigned aircraft.

Leads instrumentation effort to produce airplane modification drawings to support instrumentation installation and conformity, and supervise the daily instrumentation work effort on the assigned aircraft.

Produces instrumentation installation drawings and maintain calibration records; telemetry systems engineers provides programming support for creating and maintaining calculated parameters; provide technical supervision to instrumentation specialist performing instrumentation work on the test aircraft.

Provides technical to assigned team members.

Support an average of 2 test flights per day per aircraft; a portable telemetry station; a portable calibrated ground weather station; up to two weeks of offsite testing in addition to testing at GSO; and record up to 3 hours of data on every flight. Makes telemetry data available immediately for post flight analysis; makes aircraft recorded data available within 30 mins of aircraft return; proficient in the use of data plotting software capable of reading directly from flight test data.

REQUIREMENTS:
Duties may also include scheduling, design, documentation, implementation, procurement, conformity and maintenance of instrumentation systems required to support FAA certification flight tests.

Should have 10 to 15 years of directly applicable experience with a Bachelor's degree in the appropriate engineering discipline; Master's degree preferred. Must have a strong working knowledge of data acquisition systems and instrumentation design and calibration practices.

Should have familiarity with various aircraft systems and engines and their associated instrumentation installations. Should have a proven track record of bringing in projects on or under budget and on time.