About the Role:
The Air Force Test Center is looking for a Full-Time Test Engineer (NH-0861-02T03) to work at the 412 Test Wing, 412 Test Engineering Group, 773 Test Squadron, Performance & Flying Qualities Flight, and Subsystems Integration Flight (773 TS/ENFA/ENFM) at Edwards Air Force Base.
The primary purpose of this position is: to serve as a professional engineer responsible for test engineering in assigned programs/projects. Employee applies multidisciplinary engineering techniques and management principles to determine optimum test approaches and procedures for achieving program test and evaluation objectives, and/or to determine operational or technical adequacy of item or system requirements or specifications. Duties performed support the acquisition, development or sustainment of weapon systems, subsystems, and/or support equipment.
Announcement Length/Closes: 30 Calendar Days
Location: Edwards, CA. Edwards Air Force Base
Typical 2026 salary range: $47,490 - $161,313 per year (includes Locality)
Travel Requirements: Up to 25% travel
Areas of Consideration (AOC): Department – wide (DoD)
Incentives:
This position MAY be eligible for a recruitment incentive. Specifics will be discussed with the Selecting Official.
Desired Skills:
- 1 year of engineering experience in a flight test environment. Comfort and adaptability in a dynamic control room environment.
- Eagerness to develop and implement new processes, techniques, and methodologies to advance flight test and analysis.
- Experience with Python and/or Matlab programming desired.
Major Duties:
-Performs a wide variety of professional engineering duties associated with administering test and evaluation (T&E) efforts for a specialized area within assigned projects/programs.
-Plans and executes duties to provide a T&E Program which efficiently acquires decision quality test item performance data.
-Ensures test data and information collected measures progress in systems and capability development.
-Assesses, evaluates, and compares test data and results with modeling and simulation results, system performance and mission requirements, test plan and objectives and presents the outcome in the form of plots, tables, and other graphic representation.
-Performs analysis and uses systematic, disciplined, and quantifiable approaches to implement, develop, and documents projects.
-Evaluates and recommends procedures of innovative techniques and methods to achieve goals.
-Participates in planning conferences, prepares management reports, and conducts technical presentations for planning, implementation, and corrective action.
-Develops and maintains effective working relationships with all associated personnel.
Qualifications/Requirements:
- U.S. Citizenship
- Depending on the type of position (competitive/excepted) you are selected for, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period OR 2-year trial period
- Upon completion of your probationary/trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest
- Obtain & maintain Security clearance
- This is a designated Drug Testing Position
- Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Engineering
- Ability to synthesize concepts, principles, and practices across technical and test engineering disciplines.
- Knowledge of professional engineering concepts, principles, practices, standards, methods, materials, and equipment to effectively apply multidisciplinary engineering theories, procedures, and techniques to test and evaluation activities.
- Knowledge to perform the requirements planning, coordination, test direction, data collection, analysis, and reporting of results for a wide variety of test projects.
- Skill in planning and organizing test activities, analyzing test data to verify item/system meets established performance requirements, and in providing thorough and precise information to management.
- Ability to communicate clearly, concisely, and with technical accuracy, as well as work in a professional manner with peers, management, contractors, academia, and other agencies.
***Resumes limited to two pages. Federal agencies now only accept resumes up to two pages in length.*** Learn more about the new resume requirements at https://help.usajobs.gov/faq/application/documents/resume/what-to-include
Please send resumes to: 412teng.cl.manpower@us.af.mil and reference PID# 26-146110037 in the subject line.
ADHERENCE TO APPLICABLE HAF/AFMC/AFTC HIRING FREEZE IMPLEMENTATION GUIDANCE IS REQUIRED