System and Flight Test Engineer
Palo Alto, California, United States
About Wing:
Wing is reshaping the future of delivery. We are an on-demand drone delivery service that can deliver food, medicine or other items within minutes. We’ve also developed an unmanned traffic management platform to safely route drones through the sky. Our service is faster, safer and produces far less pollution than traditional delivery. Originally created in 2012 within X, the Moonshot Factory, Wing is now an Alphabet company.
About the Role:
Wing is seeking a System and Flight Test Engineer with practical experience in aircraft dynamics, controls, and flight testing. The ideal candidate thrives in the challenge of developing verified unmanned aerial vehicle systems ready for customer operations. As a System and Flight Test Engineer, you will work with a multi disciplinary team to learn and understand all aspects of our system in order to identify risks in bringing these pieces together into one unified working system. In this role, you will help set strategy and planning for testing with a mindful awareness of resource management, team dynamics, and adaptability while maintaining operational rigor.
What You'll Do:
- Develop and manage integration and test strategy, plans, and resources, from proof of concept to production, including flight test campaigns.
- Plan and execute flight tests
- Perform system level analyses including hazard analysis, fault tree analysis, and failure modes, effects, and analysis (FMECA)
- Collaborate with Design Engineers in system bring up, design validation, troubleshooting, failure analysis, and system performance
- Identify system deficiencies and communicate their relevance and impact to the operational system
- Participate by making sound recommendations to resolve issues.
- Conduct fleet data analysis for design verification. See how the fleet is performing on a broader basis vs. requirements by using analysis to identify trends and performance margin
- Assist in the certification process, including generating and presenting certification artifacts.
What You'll Need:
- Bachelor's Degree in Aerospace, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or related field
- 4+ years experience in systems engineering, including requirements derivation, system level analysis, failure analysis, risk and performance management, system integration, system verification, and the ability to develop system level test plans
- Experience partnering with a multidisciplinary engineering team, including mechanical, electronic, propulsion and software disciplines
- Experience with certified systems
- Excellent written and verbal communication; ability to explain complex concepts and designs to colleagues across disciplines
- Comfort with a fast-paced environment and an appetite for innovation
Bonus:
- Experience in system engineering on Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)
- Experience as a flight test engineer or an aerospace project
- Experience in communicating with management, as well as technical and business teams to collect requirements, describe product features and technical designs
- Experience with data processing and visualization tools such as Matlab or Excel.
- Experience in creating test automation scripts using Python, C++, or similar.
- Proficiency with scaling and automation tooling in system integration and test
At Wing, we don’t just accept difference - we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products and our community. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.
