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Aerospace Engineer (Flight Test)
Federal Aviation Administration · Posted 40 days ago
Hybrid Lakewood, CA $95K – $147K Apply by Aug 19, 2026 Aerospace Engineering INTJINTPISTJ Engineering
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This position serves as an Aerospace Engineer (Flight Test) in Aircraft Certification Service (AIR).
What You'll Do
- →May act as the principal engineer or as a project/program manager or team lead for large work activities.
- →The incumbent plans and accomplishes highly complex and challenging projects/programs under the minimal direction of a manager.
- →The incumbent applies experience and comprehensive knowledge of engineering principles, theories, and concepts applicable to aerospace engineering as well as an understanding of new technologies and methodologies to solve complex problems and develop improved processes for the organization.
- →Also applies experience and knowledge of risk analysis techniques to analyze and evaluate the safety and reliability of aeronautical products, or systems, or components.
- →Assures compliance of aircraft and products with the appropriate requirements of 14 CFR and with foreign certification authority regulations governed by bilateral agreements.
- →Defines and organizes resources to accomplish organizational project/program objectives.
- →Uses allocated resources to accomplish large work activities within established schedules.
- →Prepares reports and provides required briefings and/or technical presentations within the FAA and to manufacturers, professional organizations and to foreign certification authorities.
- →Represents the division or certification/type validation branch, as applicable, as a FAA technical team representative in the development and standardization of rules and guidance related to their area of technical discipline expertise.
- →Provides guidance to lower-level staff and works with other engineers to collaborate engineering solutions to resolve complex issues which involves input from different FAA offices and other organizations to achieve successful results in type certification, type validation, systems oversight, and continued operational safety programs.
- →The incumbent¿s expertise is relied on within the industry, the appropriate Division and the FAA to provide oversight to ensure airworthiness of certificated aviation products.
- →The incumbent is a mentor, coach, and role model to less knowledgeable or less experienced engineers and distributes tasking in accordance with management-defined criteria.
- →Performs other related duties as assigned.
Requirements
- ✓We are not accepting applications from noncitizens.
- ✓This position has a positive education requirement: Applicants must submit a copy of their college or university transcripts(s) and certificates by the closing date of announcement to verify qualifications.
- ✓If selected, an official transcript will be required prior to appointment.
- ✓You may upload these documents with your application in USAJOBS or fax it to fax number provided in the announcement (please include announcement number on each page).
- ✓Failure to do so will result in loss of consideration.
- ✓Schools must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education.
- ✓Accreditation may be verified at the following website: www.ed.gov/accreditation.
- ✓Foreign education must be evaluated by a private professional organization specializing in interpretation of foreign education credentials or an accredited U.S. educational institution in terms of equivalence to a degree acquired at an American college or university.
- ✓A copy of the evaluation results must be included, otherwise your foreign education will not be considered.
- ✓Make sure your Resume includes detailed information to support your qualifications and answers to the job questionnaire.
Personality Fit
Job ID: e89b79d5-4b1e-42ed-929c-74357cfb1ad8
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