Structural test engineer vs flight test engineer

Differences between structural test engineer and flight test engineer duties and responsibilities

Structural test engineer example responsibilities.

• Manage Jenkins security by providing specific access to authorize developers/testers using project base matrix authorization strategy.
• Collaborate with frequency managers, FCC, FAA, and local spectrum authorities to plan frequency assignments.
• Import the model to perform simulation in ANSYS to procure the optimum design of a typical high mach air-frame structure.
• Formulate conceptual design of aeronautical, aerospace products or systems to meet customer requirements and communicate feed back to design engineers.
• Utilize rapid prototyping as proof of concepts for multiple new designs.
• Create PERL scripts to generate flying probe test programs from FabMaster outputs, saving licensing fees for commercial test development products.
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Flight test engineer example responsibilities.

• Track and manage team budget, schedule, risks, change information, BOMs, labor and materials costs.
• Manage Terraform and refactore from monolithic to application specific components.
• Create complex flight test plans to meet DoD and FAA requirements.
• Test facility engineer (TFE) responsible for design and development of test rigs, test stands, and fixtures.
• Maintain a DOD secret security clearance.
• Support both STC approval and design qualification.
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