Electra – Lead Flight Check Engineer – sUAS Information

Electra is a brand new aerospace firm that’s growing and manufacturing hybrid-electric plane to advance city and regional mobility. Our mission is to decarbonize aviation with clear, quiet, environmentally pleasant airplanes that may function with out typical runways, and we’re backed by a number of the greatest gamers in aerospace. Our world-class crew of engineers isn’t afraid to disrupt the established order, and we plan to alter the world with trendy concepts that problem typical pondering. Electra is headquartered in Northern Virginia.
We’re searching for people who find themselves versatile, forward-thinking, and keen to go the additional mile to realize shared crew objectives. Electra.aero presents a complete and aggressive compensation bundle, together with well being advantages, beneficiant PTO, a 401(ok) match, bonus alternatives, and extra!

Lead Flight Check Engineer
As a startup firm, Electra is at an early stage, so this place requires a flexible one that is just not afraid to work arduous and transfer quick. As the corporate will evolve and develop with time, so will this job.  Our Lead Flight Check Engineer helps the event of our eSTOL (electrical brief takeoff and touchdown) plane improvement.  That is an unimaginable “hands-on” alternative to help our tasks and plane prototyping crew.
Obligations

• Handle flight take a look at operations for the Electra EL-2 plane, together with all facets of flight take a look at instrumentation, information assortment, take a look at planning, and take a look at execution.
• Preserve flight procedures and working handbooks for flight operations.
• Lead the event of the flight take a look at management room.
• Develop the flight take a look at instrumentation plan and lead flight take a look at operations for the Electra EL-3 plane.
• Managing practical and bodily interfaces between the flight take a look at instrumentation system and the automobile.
• Main verification actions (together with evaluation and testing) for the flight take a look at instrumentation system.
• Understanding program goals and necessities to conduct commerce research and outline architectures, necessities, and subsystem interfaces.
• Getting ready and presenting at gated design opinions to display the adequacy of the design.

Required Training and Expertise

• B.S. in Aerospace or Laptop Science Engineering (or associated STEM self-discipline) and
• 6 or extra years of expertise in related self-discipline areas (or an equal mixture of training, abilities, and expertise).

Required Abilities

• Expertise in fixed-wing flight take a look at operations for experimental plane.
• A powerful work ethic and talent to independently meet and lead the areas described by the obligations and important features.
• Wonderful group and communication abilities.

Desired {Qualifications}

• Superior diploma most well-liked.
• Expertise engaged on prototype improvement packages.
• Expertise with flight take a look at operations of electrical plane.
• Expertise with flight take a look at information discount and aerodynamic and propulsion system evaluation.
• Expertise with MATLAB / Simulink.
• US Individual (Citizen or Inexperienced Card) Most popular.
• Licensed Pilot Most popular.

Location: Headquarters in Manassas, VA. To encourage shut collaboration, this place requires an onsite presence.
Journey: <25%

Wage: Electra’s wage vary for this place is: $81,250.00 – 181,250.00
Our wage ranges mirror the minimal and most vary for the Firm stage general throughout all areas & tasks and doesn’t essentially mirror the budgeted quantity for this place.  Particular person pay relies on further components, together with mission budgets, job-related abilities, expertise, related training and/or coaching, position, stage, location, and mission.

Compensation and Advantages:

Along with providing an thrilling work setting and the chance to be a part of the crew making Extremely Brief flight a actuality, at Electra, we provide an unparalleled whole rewards bundle. Electra presents staff a complete advantages bundle together with medical, dental, imaginative and prescient, STD, LTD, and life insurance coverage, beneficiant PTO and sick go away, firm holidays, paid winter break, and a 401(ok) plan with quick vesting. Life at Electra contains a wide range of perks, resembling free catered lunches, superb espresso, snacks, drinks, fruit, free parking, and alternatives for far more.

Working Situations

Work is usually carried out in a warehouse/aviation and workplace setting, which requires correct security precautions. Work might require some bodily effort in dealing with gentle supplies, containers, energy instruments, prototypes, and completely different supplies or gear. Because of the nature of our enterprise and tasks, some fieldwork could also be required, working in each indoor and outside circumstances. Chances are you’ll have to raise as much as 50 lbs.

Dedication

We’re dedicated to fostering range and inclusivity, and we encourage people from all backgrounds, together with these from marginalized or underrepresented teams within the tech business and aerospace, to use for our job openings. We firmly consider {that a} various vary of views can profoundly affect each our product and our firm tradition.

Electra is dedicated to a piece setting that’s inclusive to all and freed from discrimination. It’s our coverage to be an equal alternative employer with out regard to race, colour, faith, intercourse, age, nationwide origin, incapacity, sexual orientation, gender identification or expression, genetic predisposition or service standing, veteran standing, citizenship standing, or some other components prohibited by legislation. Electra will present cheap lodging for certified people.

Electra is an E-Confirm employer.

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