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Experienced/Senior Test Pilot – Military Transport Derivatives (Boeing Field, Seattle)
✈️ Make Your Mark as a Military Derivative Test Pilot
Join Boeing Test & Evaluation’s Military Transport Flight Operations at Boeing Field in Seattle, WA. You’ll flight test and help certify missionized derivatives of Boeing commercial aircraft for U.S. and international military customers—spanning communications, surveillance, self‑defense, aerial refueling, military cargo/airdrop, and weapons delivery capabilities. This role blends hands-on flight and ground testing with certification support, data analysis, design input, and customer demonstrations. Assigned to Shift 1 with travel typically 5–20% depending on program activity.
🧭 What You’ll Do
- Plan and conduct ground, flight, and maintenance test flights for experimental, prototype, new‑production, and modified‑production aircraft to evaluate systems, performance, handling qualities, and structural integrity.
- Support certification activities across commercially certified supplemental designs and military‑unique configurations.
- Evaluate flight data and system performance; document findings and recommend corrective actions.
- Contribute to technical reports, flight manuals, and comprehensive flight reports.
- Provide design input and recommend changes based on operational test insights.
- Participate in customer demonstrations, evaluations, and marketing activities.
- Champion safety, disciplined test conduct, and regulatory compliance throughout all phases of test.
🧰 What You’ll Bring
- Education: Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Engineering Technology (including Manufacturing Technology), Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, or a directly related non‑U.S. equivalent.
- Flight Test Credentials: Graduation from a military test pilot school.
- Operational Background: Military flight test experience in transport‑category airplanes.
- Pilot Qualifications: Commercial Certificate or FAA ATP with appropriate endorsements; current FAA Class II medical (or ability to obtain).
- Security: Ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance; interim and/or final U.S. Secret required after start; active Secret preferred (active within past 24 months considered active).
- Compliance: Must meet U.S. export control requirements (U.S. Person as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.62). Boeing will not sponsor employment visas. Candidates must pass Conflict of Interest assessment, pilot records database screening, and applicable drug/alcohol testing.
🌟 Preferred Qualifications
- Five or more years of military flight test experience (Level 4/Senior), or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Flight test experience on KC‑46, P‑8, or similar large transport platforms.
- Prior aerial refueling qualification and/or aerial refueling certification test experience.
- Type ratings in Boeing commercial model aircraft.
- Experience with FAA and Department of Defense (DoD) certification processes and procedures; ability to assess type design data for compliance.
💼 Rewards & Benefits
- Competitive base pay with variable compensation opportunities (see stated ranges above).
- Health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts.
- Retirement savings plans.
- Life and disability insurance.
- Programs supporting paid and unpaid time away from work.
- Relocation assistance available based on eligibility.
Programs and options vary based on factors such as location, hire date, and applicable collective bargaining agreements.
📨 Ready to Fly the Mission?
If you’re a military‑trained test pilot ready to push the envelope on the world’s most capable military transport derivatives, we’d like to meet you. Apply with your detailed flight test background, platform experience, certifications, and clearance status.