Test Project Engineer, Senior - Part-time/Variable

• Subject Matter Expert for the aircraft. Must be able to advise Maintenance Technicians and Government Project Engineers on aircraft system and subsystem operations, to include electrical, avionics, mechanical, propulsion, flight controls, instrumentation, and modifications.
• Aircraft modification oversight - Work with customers to determine end state objectives for test modifications and assist customers with defining aircraft integration Work through aircraft integration design, timelines, and installation/maintenance procedures.Ensure integration is compatible with customer objectives for data collection.
• Understand and oversee the aircraft modification process to Assist the government team with assembling aircraft modification packages for permanent and temporary modifications.Communicate with modification design teams to ensure designs are properly documented and justified to accurately support modification packages.
• Serve as advisor to aircraft modification design work. Assist the various technician specialties with system and subsystem modification design.
• Generate mission planning materials for test missions. Be familiar with mission planning hardware and software to implement route and waypoint planning while considering aircraft, airspace, and mission limitations.
• Coordinate with agencies internal and external to the test range when additional customer support is requested.
• Manage organizational resources to include:
• balance incoming support requests with missions that are already scheduled
• ensure we know what customers are asking for on each mission
• coordinate requests with maintenance team
• support external customers visit requests for upcoming mod work
• Help customers define data collection requirements and go/no-go criteria to meet test objectives by communicating capabilities of the organization.
• Provide integrated engineering/analysis support for design reviews, test planning working groups, test card preparation, execution, and post-flight reports.
• Be capable and willing to work in a remote environment with a small but highly motivated team.

• Minimum of 10 years' experience with aircraft maintenance and/or modification of avionics systems (Radar/lR/EW), weapons, external stores, and/or sensor testing
• Experience with Electronic Warfare testing
• Have a "Team" mentality towards providing integrated engineering support for design reviews, test planning working groups, test card preparation, disciplined test execution, and collaborate on/author post-flight reports
• Experience in coordinating and executing tests on various government open air test ranges
• Work well in a team environment as well as independently and have above average communication and writing skills
• Versed in Microsoft Office products to support test programs
• Aptitude and patience to process and analyze complex system test data
• Aptitude to learn new software tools

• Ability to interpret, modify, or create from scratch wiring diagrams Experience with MATLAB or other data analysis tools
• Position requires willingness to accept changing and evolving roles and responsibilities in support of customer requirements and needs
• Positive attitude, self-starter, and an ability to work with little supervision

• Bachelor and/or Master of Science (Aeronautical/Electrical/Mechanical Engineering, Math, Computer Science, Physics, or similar STEM field), or 10+ years of extensive experience working with aircraft systems

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  Interesting Work:
  
  
  
  Our co-workers support some of the most important and critical programs to our national defense and security.
  
  
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  Values:
  
  
  
  Our first core value is that employees come first. We challenge our co-workers to provide the highest level of support and service, and reward them with some of the best benefits in the industry.
  
  
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  100% Employee Owned:
  
  
  
  We have a stake in each other's success, and the success of our customers. It's also nice to know what's going on across the company; we have company wide town-hall meetings three times a year.
  
  
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  Great Benefits - Most Full-Time Staff Are Eligible for:
  
  
  




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  Starting PTO accrual of 20 days PTO/year + 10 holidays/year
  
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  Flexible schedules
  
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  6% 401k match with immediate vesting
  
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  Semi-annual bonus eligibility (July and December)
  
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  Company funded Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) - a separate qualified retirement account
  
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  Up to $10,000 in annual tuition reimbursement
  
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  Other company funded benefits, like life and disability insurance
  
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  Optional zero deductible Blue Cross/Blue Shield health insurance plan
  




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  Track Record of Success:
  
  
  
  We have grown every year since our founding in 1993.
  
  

Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. (MTSI) is a 100% employee-owned engineering services and solutions company that provides high-demand technical expertise in Digital Transformation, Modeling and Simulation, Rapid Capability Development, Test and Evaluation, Artificial Intelligence, Autonomy, Cybersecurity and Mission Assurance

MTSI delivers capabilities to solve problems of global importance. Founded in 1993, MTSI today has employees at over 20 offices and field sites worldwide.

For more information about MTSI, please visit www.mtsi-va.com