• Plan and supervise production test flight programs to assure airworthiness of aircraft: validating aircraft and systems performance and flight characteristics. Ensure compliance with company specifications and design.
• Perform production test flights of aircraft and systems to assure compliance with the AEC production certificate.
• Provide coordination between flight operations and manufacturing & quality organizations to ensure on schedule, on time delivery to customers.
• Develop in conjunction with Engineering, flight test programs related to modified aircraft to validate design, aerodynamics, systems performance, flight characteristics and other significant aspects of such aircraft.
• Analyze, interpret and distribute flight test results as appropriate within the production activities of AEC.
• Ensure test equipment used by flight test is appropriate for the required task.
• Monitor AEC flight operations to ensure compliance with FAA regulations and flight safety requirements.
• Travel to support company and customer requirements, including customer delivery, ferry and in field maintenance and/or test flights.
• Coordinate the activities of flight operations with FAA, other government agencies, Engineering, Accounting, Manufacturing and other AEC departments.
• Maintain and ensure compliance with DCMA approved flight operations procedures.
• Keep the VP, Flight Operations informed of progress, actual or incipient problems as well as secure concurrence regarding actions and plans for problem solution.

This position description is not intended to be all-inclusive and employee will also perform other tasks as assigned.