Fixed Wing Flight Test Instructor

3 weeks ago

Amesbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom QinetiQ Full time

At QinetiQ, we seek an experienced and qualified Fixed Wing Flight Test Engineer to join our ETPS team of instructors, training aircraft testers at MOD Boscombe Down. This exceptional opportunity offers a unique blend of innovation, collaboration, and professional growth.

You will be part of a cutting-edge operational site featuring the longest military runway in the UK, alongside state-of-the-art facilities, including The Night Vision test house and the UAS test hangar. As a Fixed Wing Flight Test Engineer, you will harness your expertise to deliver high-quality instruction on a wide range of topics to aspiring flight test professionals.

Your instruction and teaching abilities will be crucial in ensuring that we continue to deliver world-class training to a diverse range of students from around the world, while contributing to a culture of collaboration and innovation within the team of highly qualified Flight Test Engineer Instructors (FTEIs), Test Pilot instructors (TPIs), and Theoretical Knowledge Instructors (TKIs).

You will have the opportunity to deliver and develop a range of long course and short course ground instruction and some in-flight instructional delivery to both Test Pilot and Flight Test Engineer students. You will be assessing and grading ETPS student flying and technical reports, as well as mentoring and providing constructive debriefing/feedback, thereby supporting and enhancing flight safety and student learning.

In this role, you will play a leading role in maintaining the high standards of aviation safety inherent in ETPS and QinetiQ Civil Flying Organisation (QCFO) flying operations. Additionally, you may have the opportunity to contribute to developing solutions that enhance the operational effectiveness of the UK's defence capabilities within the QinetiQ Flight Test Organisation (QFTO).

As a valued member of our team, you will have the opportunity to travel in both the UK and overseas to participate in course activities as required.

Requirements:

  • You have an Engineering or Science degree coupled with at least 3 years actively working as a LFTE or equivalent on a range of significant modern fixed wing flight test programmes or you are a Graduate Fixed Wing Flight Test Engineer from one of the 4 UK MoD-recognised Test Pilot Schools (ETPS, USNTPS, USAFTPS or EPNER) or equivalent standard thereof.
  • Broad and extensive experience within the flight test community and have experience of using synthetics and simulation in flight test programmes.
  • Ability to teach on the ground and instruct in the air, with the ability to clarify subject material that is inherently complex so that students of all nationalities can understand and then apply the associated principles.
  • Sound knowledge of aircraft performance, systems, stability & control and their testing together with skilled use of typical software for the analysis and reporting of data in the flight test environment.
  • Experience of the UK MoD's Defence Systems Approach to Training (DSAT).

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