Electra – Lead Flight Take a look at Engineer – sUAS Information

Electra is a brand new aerospace firm that’s creating 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 few of the largest 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 considering. Electra is headquartered in Northern Virginia.
We’re searching for people who find themselves versatile, forward-thinking, and prepared to go the additional mile to realize shared crew targets. Electra.aero presents a complete and aggressive compensation bundle, together with well being advantages, beneficiant PTO, a 401(okay) match, bonus alternatives, and extra!

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

• Handle flight check operations for the Electra EL-2 plane, together with all points of flight check instrumentation, knowledge assortment, check planning, and check execution.
• Keep flight procedures and working handbooks for flight operations.
• Lead the event of the flight check management room.
• Develop the flight check instrumentation plan and lead flight check operations for the Electra EL-3 plane.
• Managing purposeful and bodily interfaces between the flight check instrumentation system and the car.
• Main verification actions (together with evaluation and testing) for the flight check instrumentation system.
• Understanding program aims and necessities to conduct commerce research and outline architectures, necessities, and subsystem interfaces.
• Making ready and presenting at gated design critiques to show the adequacy of the design.

Required Schooling 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 schooling, abilities, and expertise).

Required Expertise

• Expertise in fixed-wing flight check operations for experimental plane.
• A robust work ethic and skill to independently meet and lead the areas described by the obligations and important capabilities.
• Wonderful group and communication abilities.

Desired {Qualifications}

• Superior diploma most well-liked.
• Expertise engaged on prototype growth applications.
• Expertise with flight check operations of electrical plane.
• Expertise with flight check knowledge 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 replicate the minimal and most vary for the Firm stage general throughout all places & tasks and doesn’t essentially replicate the budgeted quantity for this place.  Particular person pay is predicated on extra elements, together with mission budgets, job-related abilities, expertise, related schooling and/or coaching, function, stage, location, and mission.

Compensation and Advantages:

Along with providing an thrilling work atmosphere and the chance to be a part of the crew making Extremely Brief flight a actuality, at Electra, we provide an unparalleled complete rewards bundle. Electra presents workers a complete advantages bundle together with medical, dental, imaginative and prescient, STD, LTD, and life insurance coverage, beneficiant PTO and sick depart, firm holidays, paid winter break, and a 401(okay) plan with instant vesting. Life at Electra contains quite a lot of perks, comparable to free catered lunches, wonderful espresso, snacks, drinks, fruit, free parking, and alternatives for rather more.

Working Circumstances

Work is usually carried out in a warehouse/aviation and workplace atmosphere, which requires correct security precautions. Work might require some bodily effort in dealing with gentle supplies, packing containers, energy instruments, prototypes, and totally different supplies or tools. Because of the nature of our enterprise and tasks, some fieldwork could also be required, working in each indoor and outside circumstances. You might have to elevate 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 trade 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 atmosphere that’s inclusive to all and freed from discrimination. It’s our coverage to be an equal alternative employer with out regard to race, coloration, faith, intercourse, age, nationwide origin, incapacity, sexual orientation, gender id or expression, genetic predisposition or service standing, veteran standing, citizenship standing, or some other elements prohibited by legislation. Electra will present affordable lodging for certified people.

Electra is an E-Confirm employer.

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