# Senior Flight Test Engineer

As a Senior Flight Test Engineer at Pivotal, you will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing flight test activities to validate the performance, handling qualities, and safety of our UAS and crewed eVTOL aircraft. This includes developing detailed test plans and procedures, supporting ground and flight tests, and analyzing results to ensure accurate data capture and reporting. You work cross-functionally with engineering, flight operations, and certification teams to ensure all testing aligns with program milestones and regulatory requirements. A strong focus on safety, technical excellence, and continuous improvement is essential in this role as we progress toward certification and commercial operation. Role Responsibilities Become a flight test leader and technical subject matter expert in novel eVTOL aircraft. Lead, coach and mentor Pivotal’s flight test efforts based on established experience and expertise. Immerse yourself in the design, test, operation, and maintenance of our aircraft Develop expertise with the technical aspects our aircraft systems and subsystems Strategize and collaborate planning between the flight test and engineering teams to develop an

- **Id**: 3892702
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/pivotal-senior-flight-test-engineer>
- **Role**: Aerospace
- **Role family**: Aerospace
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Palo Alto, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-06T00:36:36Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-06
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T18:13:53Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 3
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4527
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Professional development
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Aircraft Manufacturing

## Company

- **Id**: 35040
- **Name**: Pivotal
- **Domain**: pivotal.aero
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/pivotal-aero>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Lever

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 93
- **Open postings**: 15
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.067
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 107
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 135000
- **Max**: 170000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 170000

## Technologies

- **CATIA** — Optional: no
- **MATLAB** — Optional: yes
- **Microsoft Excel** — Optional: yes
- **Python** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 3

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-06T22:06:25Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 6 · green card filings: 3; Filings 12m: 6

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 3
- **Expected fill days**: 107
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 170000
- **Is top pay**: no

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