Senior Operations and Test Engineer

<div>Hermeus is a venture-backed defense aviation company reclaiming the lost art of rapid iterative prototyping to build the fastest aircraft in the world today. By prioritizing relentless hardware iteration, we deliver high-speed systems at the pace of the modern battlefield. We work with the Department of War to provide the high-speed capabilities our nation and its allies need to maintain a durable, asymmetric advantage.</div><div><br></div><div><strong>About The Role:</strong></div> <div><br>As a Senior Operations and Test Engineer at Hermeus, you will help develop, test, and operate advanced aircraft systems through hands-on integration, checkout, development testing, and taxi test campaigns. This role blends engineering, operations, and automation, with a focus on building standardized processes and tools that make vehicle testing safer, faster, and more repeatable. You will work closely with technicians, specialists, and cross-functional engineering teams to support hardware integration, troubleshoot off-nominal results, improve test readiness, and turn lessons learned into better procedures, equipment, and workflows. This is a fast-paced, hands-on role for someone who is comfortable working around complex and hazardous systems, enjoys solving problems in real time, and can help drive reliable operations in a rapid hardware development environment.</div><h3>Responsibilities: </h3> <li>Develop and standardize procedures/automation for the checkouts, integration, development testing, and taxi testing of new and flight-proven vehicles, rapidly iterating based on lessons learned&nbsp;</li> <li>Design software and automation tools to enable autonomous vehicle operations, and to conduct vehicle system testing in ways that reduce complexity&nbsp;</li> <li>Assist with integration and testing of flight hardware, partnering with and providing direction to highly skilled field technicians and specialists daily&nbsp;</li> <li>Ensure test and flight readiness by reviewing test results and working with other teams to resolve off-nominal test results, collaborating with engineering staff from other departments and locations on a regular basis&nbsp;</li> <li>Identify opportunities to improve existing processes and equipment to eliminate small scale production waste&nbsp;</li> <li>Manage work orders and drive non-conformances into actionable items and systematic improvements&nbsp;</li> <h3>Requirements:</h3> <li>Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline&nbsp;&nbsp;</li> <li>3+ years of experience with mechanical, electrical and/or fluid systems&nbsp;</li> <h3>Preferred Skills and Experience: </h3> <li>Expert level first-principles engineering knowledge&nbsp;</li> <li>Experience working with a variety of software systems and writing/de-bugging code&nbsp;</li> <li>Experience writing test plans and test procedures&nbsp;</li> <li>Experience (preferably hands-on) working on projects that involve the integration of electrical, mechanical, and software systems&nbsp;</li> <li>Professional experience testing and operating with or around hazardous systems (high voltage, high pressure, combustible fluids, etc.)&nbsp;</li> <li>Professional experience working with large assembly moves (e.g. crane operations)&nbsp;</li> <li>Ability to communicate clearly and accurately with a wide range of people&nbsp;</li> <li>Ability to multitask and work in a fast-paced, autonomously driven, and demanding start-up atmosphere&nbsp;</li> <li>Ability to learn, lead others, and help others learn while maintaining productivity&nbsp;</li> <li>Advanced degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, mechatronics, mechanical engineering, and/or aerospace engineering&nbsp;</li> <li>Ability to work long hours and some weekend as needed, to support critical milestones</li> <li>Ability to lift up to 25 lbs; standing, climbing, bending, grasping, sitting, pulling, pushing, stooping, stretching, and carrying maybe require to perform the functions of this positions.</li> <li>Ability to travel on short notice to support test campaigns (up to 50%)</li> <li>Must be eligible to pass Air Force background checks</li>