UAV Testing Engineer

Redwing Designs, manufactures and operates autonomous drone logistics systems to transform last-mile healthcare supply chains. Our work lies at the intersection of social impact, healthcare and aviation. Driven by the mission of Access no matter where, Redwing exists to ensure that everyone can access life saving medical supplies quickly and affordably. WHAT YOU'LL NEED Understanding of Hybrid-VTOL UAVs Flight envelope. Fixed wing and Multirotor manual flying experience Understanding of Pixhawk and arducopter/PX4 firmware. Understanding of Flight Planning and Ground Control Stations along with planning for alternate landing and other safety related operations. Some experience with hands on troubleshooting UAVs Electro-mechanical systems. WHAT YOUR ROLE WILL BE To plan, co-ordinate, execute and document flight test activities, Testing different subsystems with the drone delivery aspect in mind. Setup and test new hardware and software. Work closely with the engineering design and certification teams to ensure all planned flight test activity meets requirements and company timescales. Coordinate with the flight test instrumentation section to ensure all instrumentation, data recording and retrieval devices are available for test flights. Maintain documentation and data management for all flight test activity. Review supporting safety assessments, flight test documentation, operating procedures and limitations. Participate in the development of aircraft flight manuals, check lists and related publications. Oversee coordination from design stage, creation of all maintenance/technical publications for aircraft and system programs; Undertake Quality Checks, correlation with design, certification agencies; Undertake ground training classes for the ground crew/engineers on specific areas such as handling, procedures, performance etc; Design a Flight Test program by working with the team to identify requirements Produce post-flight reports, including analyzing flight logs and crunching numbers Write flight ops related documentation WHAT YOU'LL BRING Ability to Identify, Evaluate and Record Risks and implement the new findings. Excitement to improve upon Drone Operations procedures and brainstorm new ideas. Good consistent communication to ensure the team is focused on realizing the Safety Standards. Excellence in operational safety. Incredible management skills. WHAT WE'LL OFFER A highly motivated and goal-oriented team. An opportunity to deploy and test Next-Generation of Drone delivery vehicles. The chance to have a positive impact through your work.