Structures Engineer Axelon
Wichita, KS13 days ago
| Location | Newton, Kansas |
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Clearance Requirement: Not Required
Export Controlled Role: Yes
Job Description
Contract Flight Test Engineer — ECS & Thermal Systems
Support experimental aircraft flight-test activities for Environmental Control System (ECS) and thermal-management systems at the Newton, Kansas test site. This is a full-time, six-month contract role requiring on-site support in Newton, Kansas, with potential travel to Frisco, Texas.
The engineer will develop working knowledge of an existing aircraft system; create, maintain, and review IADS real-time monitoring screens; and support flight operations from the flight-test console. Responsibilities include monitoring liquid-cooling loops, fan/air-cooling performance, temperature instrumentation, and identified system risk areas. The engineer will become familiar with aircraft and equipment-bay layouts and work with design engineering to assess and monitor thermal and system risks during test.
The role includes real-time flight-test communication with the Test Conductor/Test Director and other flight-test engineers, flight-test data processing and review, technical documentation, and preparation of flight-test reports. Limited support to test planning may be required.
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