Flight Test Director

Leidos seeks a Flight Test Director to plan, coordinate, and oversee developmental and operational testing for a flight system program. The role leads multidisciplinary teams, ensures safe and compliant test execution, analyzes system performance, and communicates findings and recommendations to stakeholders., * Develop test plans, procedures, schedules, objectives, and success criteria for developmental and operational testing.

• Coordinate test readiness with program management, engineering, logistics, and government test agencies.
• Direct laboratory, field, and operationally relevant testing while enforcing approved procedures and safety protocols.
• Lead multidisciplinary test teams and assign roles, responsibilities, and training.
• Oversee collection, processing, analysis, and documentation of test data and system performance.
• Prepare test reports and briefings, conduct post-test reviews, and identify risks and process improvements.

• Developmental and operational test planning
• Flight system testing
• Test procedure development
• Test schedule coordination
• Test execution oversight
• Test data collection and analysis
• System performance evaluation
• Test reporting and briefing
• Risk and safety management
• Do
• D testing compliance