Senior UAS Flight Test Engineer

About Alto Cirra

Alto Cirra develops drone-deployed cloud seeding technology and data-backed program capabilities for ski resorts, water districts and watersheds. Our headquarters is in Salt Lake City.

The role

Lead how our aircraft and payload integrations are validated, from ground tests to planned flight tests, with clear, documented evidence.

This planned 2027 headquarters role supports our next phase of development. Hiring dates will be agreed individually; regional deployment plans do not represent confirmed local bases or flight authorizations.

Responsibilities

• Plan ground and flight-test campaigns with defined objectives, procedures and pass/fail criteria.
• Validate aircraft, payload and software integrations and trace issues to root cause.
• Produce test reports and evidence that engineering and safety reviewers can rely on.
• Work with flight operations and safety on test readiness reviews.
• Improve test tooling, instrumentation and data capture.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of aircraft, robotics or complex hardware test experience, or equivalent demonstrated capability.
• Experience defining test objectives, instrumentation, pass/fail criteria and traceable reports.
• Working knowledge of flight dynamics, sensors, telemetry and systems integration.
• Ability to analyze test data using Python, MATLAB or comparable tools.

Preferred experience

PX4 or ArduPilot, hardware-in-the-loop simulation and test automation; FAA Part 107 certification when pilot duties are assigned.

Core skills

Python, Matlab.

Employment terms

Full-time employee, normally 40 hours per week. Salt Lake City, Utah. On-site at headquarters and approved field locations.

Up to 25% travel for test campaigns.

Annual base salary: USD $130,000-$170,000. No equity or bonus is included in this package. Compensation within the range will reflect relevant experience and role scope.

Benefits

15 paid vacation days, 10 paid company holidays, 5 paid sick days, employer contribution of 75% of employee-only medical/dental/vision premiums, required work equipment, approved business travel reimbursement, and a $1,500 annual professional-development budget.

Relocation policy: applicants willing to relocate are welcome; relocation expenses are not included. Visa policy: employment visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

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Candidates with relevant equivalent experience are encouraged to apply. Selection will focus on job-related skills and experience.