Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Salary: $30 - $40 per hour

Company Description

Inspired Flights Purpose Statement says it all - Conserving resources, creating jobs, and saving lives by leading the American small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) Industry. Founded in San Luis Obispo, California our entirely U.S. based team designs, builds and supports highly capable and flexible drone platforms for both commercial and government customers.

Our purpose driven team exemplifies our Core Values. We are:

Team Players who stay humble and focus on accomplishing more by helping others

Honest people with a deep commitment to acting and speaking with integrity in everything we do

Grit filled professionals, who demonstrate our perseverance on a regular basis as we bounce back in the face of adversity

Diversity Seeking as we place a high value in people of all heritages, genders, sexual orientations, and points of view

Self-Aware individuals striving to clearly understand our own strengths and weaknesses

Continuously Improving, humbly committed to improving ourselves, our products, our customers, and our company

Underlying all of this is our deeply rooted belief that the cutting-edge aerial tools we create are advancing an industry that is good for people, good for our planet and good for the United States of America.

Location

This is an in-office position for hire at Inspired Flights HQ in San Luis Obispo, CA.

Job Description

Inspired Flight is seeking a talented and experienced Engineering Test Pilot to join our Engineering team. A Test Pilot will work with engineers to develop, test, document, and deliver new technologies to the aircraft platform, by performing lab and flight testing.

This position is at the core of the engineering department at Inspired Flight and will be part of a rapidly growing company in the growing UAV industry.

Typical responsibilities:

• Performing multiple flights on a daily basis testing, documenting success, and improvements
• Generate detailed test plans based on engineering requirements
• Train customer service and flight operations team members on new products
• Fly prototype software and hardware on multiple types of aircraft
• Provide feedback to engineering on bugs, improvements, and capabilities.
• Use company software tools and provide feedback on user experience

Youll excel in this role if you have:

• Detailed oriented, ability to follow detailed instructions and document issues
• Ability to perform basic troubleshooting and document corrective action steps
• Great communication skills and can work in cross functional teams and you are self motivated and willing to own a project from start to finish.
• Basic understanding of electrical and mechanical hardware
• UAV Pilot experience and/or a FAA Part 107 License

Education/Experience Requirements:

• Bachelors Degree in Engineering or equivalent discipline is preferred or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
• 3-5 Years experience in a related field
• Experience preferably in the following industries: UAS, aviation, aerospace, defense sector

Salary & Benefits Offered

Paid Time Off

World Class Health, Dental, Vision Insurance Plan

401k w/ 6% company match

Equity Stock Options

Quarterly Team Bonus Plan

Equal Opportunity Employer

Inspired Flight is deeply committed to building a workplace where inclusion is not only valued, but prioritized. We pride ourselves on being an equal opportunity employer that seeks to create a welcoming and diverse environment. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, or expression, family status, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, neurodiversity, age, or veteran status, or any other non-merit based or legally protected grounds.

The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor.

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