Senior Systems Integration & Flight Test Engineer

As a Senior Systems Integration & Flight Test Engineer, you own end-to-end system integration and validation. You connect hardware, software, RF communications, avionics, PNT, payloads, ground systems and operators so individual components become a reliable, mission-ready system.

You turn operational needs and incomplete field evidence into measurable requirements, controlled configurations, representative tests and objective acceptance evidence. The role covers integration, root-cause analysis, flight readiness, technical release and operational handover.

• Translate operational needs and field failures into system requirements, acceptance criteria and validation plans.

• Maintain system architecture, interface-control, wiring, network, timing and configuration documentation.

• Define technical assumptions, test gates, known limitations, ownership and rollback conditions.

• Integrate UAV platforms, avionics, radios, payloads, sensors, PNT, edge computers, mission software and ground equipment.

• Reproduce failures and lead root-cause analysis across RF, power, EMI, software, networking, mechanical and operator factors.

• Build representative integration rigs, HIL environments and instrumented UAV configurations.

• Define logging, synchronisation, ground truth, instrumentation and data-quality requirements.

• Conduct fault injection across power, sensors, PNT, radios, networks, interfaces and timing.

• Develop repeatable scripts, checklists and methods for regression and acceptance testing.

• Plan and execute bench, HIL, ground, range, environmental and flight tests with clear safety controls.

• Prepare test cards, contingency actions, flight-readiness evidence and technical go/no-go recommendations.

• Analyse data, track anomalies and confirm closure against acceptance criteria.

• Produce release packs, installation instructions, operational limitations, acceptance checklists and rollback procedures.

• Support field trials, customer demonstrations, operator training, deployments, incident response and after-action reviews.