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148 lines
4.9 KiB
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# Market evidence report — flight-test-engineer
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Source: **54 real job ads** (JSearch API, countries: us 54), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-12.
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This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is
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reproduced (copyright / platform terms).
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## Seniority distribution
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| Seniority | Ads | Share |
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|---|---|---|
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| mid | 36 | 67 % |
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| senior | 10 | 19 % |
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| junior | 5 | 9 % |
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| lead | 2 | 4 % |
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| n/a | 1 | 2 % |
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## Tools — full market ranking
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| # | Item | Ads | Share |
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|---|---|---|---|
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| 1 | Matlab | 12 | 22 % |
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| 2 | Python | 8 | 15 % |
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## Hard skills — full market ranking
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| # | Item | Ads | Share |
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|---|---|---|---|
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| 1 | flight test planning | 25 | 46 % |
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| 2 | data analysis | 20 | 37 % |
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| 3 | test execution | 10 | 19 % |
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| 4 | test planning | 10 | 19 % |
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| 5 | troubleshooting | 10 | 19 % |
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| 6 | flight test engineering | 6 | 11 % |
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| 7 | aircraft maintenance | 5 | 9 % |
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| 8 | configuration management | 5 | 9 % |
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| 9 | risk assessment | 5 | 9 % |
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| 10 | technical documentation | 5 | 9 % |
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| 11 | test procedure development | 5 | 9 % |
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| 12 | engineering analysis | 4 | 7 % |
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| 13 | hazard analysis | 4 | 7 % |
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| 14 | root cause investigation | 4 | 7 % |
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| 15 | system validation | 4 | 7 % |
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| 16 | technical analysis | 4 | 7 % |
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| 17 | test data analysis | 4 | 7 % |
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| 18 | data acquisition | 3 | 6 % |
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| 19 | data review | 3 | 6 % |
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| 20 | mechanical systems engineering | 3 | 6 % |
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| 21 | regulatory compliance | 3 | 6 % |
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| 22 | system evaluation | 3 | 6 % |
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| 23 | systems engineering | 3 | 6 % |
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| 24 | test engineering | 3 | 6 % |
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## Methods — full market ranking
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| # | Item | Ads | Share |
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| 1 | ARP 4754 processes | 4 | 7 % |
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| 2 | flight test execution | 4 | 7 % |
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| 3 | test readiness reviews | 4 | 7 % |
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| 4 | air vehicle test and evaluation | 3 | 6 % |
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## Responsibilities — full market ranking
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| # | Item | Ads | Share |
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| 1 | flight test execution | 9 | 17 % |
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| 2 | data analysis | 7 | 13 % |
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| 3 | data collection | 4 | 7 % |
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| 4 | report preparation | 4 | 7 % |
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| 5 | test execution | 4 | 7 % |
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| 6 | test plan development | 4 | 7 % |
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| 7 | aircraft component installation | 3 | 6 % |
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| 8 | flight test plan development | 3 | 6 % |
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| 9 | post-flight reporting | 3 | 6 % |
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| 10 | quality auditing | 3 | 6 % |
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## Regional breakdown
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> **Corpus note:** 54 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.
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### US (us)
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54 ads.
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**Top hard skills:**
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- flight test planning — 46 % (25 ads)
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- data analysis — 37 % (20 ads)
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- test execution — 19 % (10 ads)
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- test planning — 19 % (10 ads)
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- troubleshooting — 19 % (10 ads)
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- flight test engineering — 11 % (6 ads)
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- aircraft maintenance — 9 % (5 ads)
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- configuration management — 9 % (5 ads)
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- risk assessment — 9 % (5 ads)
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- technical documentation — 9 % (5 ads)
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**Top tools:**
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- Matlab — 22 % (12 ads)
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- Python — 15 % (8 ads)
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- data acquisition systems — 4 % (2 ads)
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- telemetry — 4 % (2 ads)
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- telemetry systems — 4 % (2 ads)
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**Seniority:** mid 67 % · senior 19 % · junior 9 % · lead 4 % · n/a 2 %
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### UK (gb)
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**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
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### EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)
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**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
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## Job title variants in the market
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| Title | Ads |
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|---|---|
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| Flight Test Engineer | 14 |
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| Associate Mechanical Systems Flight Test Engineer | 3 |
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| Senior Flight Test Engineer | 3 |
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| Senior Flight Test Engineer (Flight Test Technical Expert) | 2 |
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| Airframe & Actuators - Test Engineer (Actuators/Mechanical Systems) | 1 |
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| Experienced Flight Test Instrumentation Engineer | 1 |
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| Experimental Flight Test Instrumentation and Data Systems Manager | 1 |
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| F-16 Flight Test Engineer | 1 |
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| Flight Test Engineer - Autonomous | 1 |
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| FLIGHT TEST ENGINEER - Contractor/Consultant | 1 |
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| Flight Test Engineer - Eustis TDD (PART TIME) | 1 |
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| Flight Test Engineer (Lead or Senior) | 1 |
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| Flight Test Engineer (Level 4) | 1 |
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| Flight Test Engineer (PL) | 1 |
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| Flight Test Engineer and CAM (Level 5) | 1 |
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| Flight Test Engineer Sr | 1 |
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| Flight Test Engineer/ Principal Flight Test Engineer – Unmanned Air Vehicles | 1 |
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| Flight Test Engineering Planner | 1 |
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| Flight Test Instrumentation Engineer - Level 4 | 1 |
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| Flight Test Tech | 1 |
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| Flight Test Tech – Secret Clearance (SkillBridge) | 1 |
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| Flight Test Tech 3/4 | 1 |
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| Flight Test Technician | 1 |
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| Flight Test Technician — Unlimited PTO & Stock Options | 1 |
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| Flight Test Technician , Secret Clearance, Travel | 1 |
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Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.
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