Senior/Staff Flight Test Data Engineer, Group 5
Anduril Industries
- Costa Mesa, CA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Grow a data team that encrypts, downloads, de-commutates, decrypts, reduces, stores, and transmits data internally and to the Customer at various classification levels.
- Be the company Leader in writing data reduction, storage, and retrieval scripts, as well as mentoring other to do the same.
- Maintain flight test data at the appropriate levels of classification, including Secret and above.
- Implement and enforce a data-at-rest, network attached storage solution for flight test data, and help design other aspects of ground and airborne data services.
- Write software algorithms that make flight test data available sooner than standard industry solutions
- Collaborate cross-functionally with UAS discipline engineers, the Customer, Airworthiness subject matter experts, and product team leads to ensure flight test data is readily accessible to inform strategic decisions, and positively impact 'speed-to-ramp'.
- Develop, implement, and optimize creative approaches to UAS data infrastructure, including the creation and management of software tools, data catalogs, and robust data pipelines that facilitate efficient data extraction, transformation, and delivery of high-quality data products for internal use, Customer use, and stakeholder presentation.
- Spearhead technical investigations to diagnose data storage and transfer issues and support technical forensic investigations.
- Provide leadership in the handling of flight test data including solutions to improve system reliability and efficiency.
- Design and implement analytics-driven customer-facing products that showcase system performance metrics, provide trend analysis, and enhance user understanding and experience with our semi-autonomous UAS.
- Travel from Anduril HQ to establish FTI and RF telemetry solutions in the high desert of California, Nevada, Texas, and Oregon up to 50% of the time.
- Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Applied Math, Electrical, Mechanical, or Mechatronics Engineering, or a related field.
- 5+ years notable experience with reducing and storing data from embedded acquisition systems in manned or unmanned aircraft.
- Exceptional data visualization skills, with proficiency in using analytical tools (e.g., MATLAB, LabVIEW, Simulink) to advise the translation of complex data into accessible visual formats for diverse audiences.
- Demonstrated expertise in reducing data from high channel count (e.g. 100-400 measurands) mechanical measurement systems.
- A strong commitment to applying data science to solve real-world problems, with the ability to translate technical findings into actionable recommendations that have a tangible impact.
- Current US Person status (U.S. citizen or permanent resident) with the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) Secret Clearance or higher. Prior clearance or experience working in secure environments is highly desirable.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to engage effectively with multidisciplinary teams, including engineers, program managers, and non-technical stakeholders.
- Master of Science or B.S. plus 10 years experience writing data reduction scripts for flight test data management on Group 5 UAS
- 5+ years experience setting up test data retrieval and playback with the Interactive Analysis and Display System (IADS).
- Knowledge of best practices for architecting data storage and retrieval systems
- Leadership experience, with the ability to mentor less experienced discipline engineers and lead project teams in the execution of complex data storage and transfer initiatives.
- Experience working with 'Data-at-rest' multi-domain, encrypted storage devices on aircraft.