As a Flight Test Operator, your critical tasks include:
- Testing Systems: Ensure the safety and reliability of new and existing systems through pre-flight inspections, safe launching, repairing, maintaining aircraft and ground systems, and testing new hardware and software. Create flight plans, make flight tickets, and respond to issues pre/post flight.
- Observing and Collecting Data: Careful observation of aircraft and live technical feedback during flights. Providing high quality and detailed reports that drive to the root of any issues on a given test using data and a first order analysis.
- Improving Processes: Collect various types of data, and provide detailed technical feedback to engineering and operations teams.
Key Responsibilities:
- Assemble, preflight, launch, and recover aircraft to test.
- Maintain the existing fleet and new systems for function-specific flight tests.
- Running test, collecting data, and continuously seek opportunities to enhance processes, safety protocols, hardware, software, and operational efficiency.
Additional Skills & Qualifications
Part 107 for airspace knowledge
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Strong attention to detail
Experience working in teams and collaborating
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $32.00 - $42.00/hr.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:
• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Workplace Type
This is a fully onsite position in Esparto,CA.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Apr 17, 2025.
About Aerotek:
We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.
Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
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