FLIGHT ENGINEER SKILLS, EXPERIENCE, AND JOB REQUIREMENTS
Published: Apr 16, 2025 – The Flight Engineer possesses extensive spacecraft engineering and flight dynamics experience, particularly with MAXAR FS1300 and Lockheed Martin A2100 platforms. This role demands strong proficiency in TT&C systems, MATLAB, AGI STK, and advanced mathematical and engineering principles to solve complex aerospace challenges. The engineer also maintains high attention to detail and reliability under pressure, including availability for 24/7 on-call duties and rapid onsite response.
Essential Hard and Soft Skills for a Standout Flight Engineer Resume
- Safety Compliance
- Fault Coordination
- Monitoring Analysis
- System Reporting
- Quality Control
- Software Lifecycle
- Embedded Programming
- Flight Testing
- Preflight Checks
- Aircraft Operations
- Incident Management
- Team Communication
- Task Supervision
- Team Collaboration
- Maintenance Advising
- Maintenance Liaison
- Competency Checks
- Policy Adherence
- Fault Response
- Safety Monitoring

Summary of Flight Engineer Knowledge and Qualifications on Resume
1. BS in Mechanical Engineering with 5 years of Experience
- Flight operation engineering experiences in the civil aviation industry or similar experience.
- Possesses certain airplane system and structure knowledge
- Knowledge of airline flight operation processes and procedures.
- Understanding of orbital mechanics.
- Professional skills in Microsoft Project, Excel, PPT, Visio, and Word applications, and ability in coordination and presentation skills.
- Fluent in English and Bahasa, and demonstrates excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work under pressure and be comfortable working on all aspects of
- Good judgment, extreme discretion, and flexibility in work hours, travel domestically and internationally
- Be a self-starter with a positive attitude, high ethics
- A track record of working successfully under pressure in a time-constrained environment, and being a good team player.
- High standard of honesty and integrity.
- Excellent C and C++ knowledge.
2. BS in Aeronautical Engineering with 6 years of Experience
- Industry experience in flight dynamics modeling and simulation
- Experience working with system identification methods
- Excellent understanding of aircraft stability and control derivatives
- Experience correlating and validating flight dynamics models using experimental data
- Understanding of data fitting and data regression methods
- Experience with MATLAB, Simulink, C++, and Python
- Experience with configuration control and management of models
- Ability to work in groups and individually
- Strong programming proficiency
- Strong understanding of aircraft and rotorcraft aerodynamics
- Experience with surrogate modeling techniques
- Previous experience working on an aviation certification program
3. BS in Aerospace Engineering with 7 years of Experience
- Previous spacecraft engineering experience
- Flight Dynamics experience with MAXAR FS1300 or Lockheed Martin A2100 spacecraft
- Spacecraft engineering experience with MAXAR FS1300 or Lockheed Martin A2100 spacecraft
- Experience working with Kratos ISI EPOCH TT&C and OASYS, MATLAB, AGI STK software
- General or specialized knowledge in one or more of the spacecraft subsystems, including Attitude Control, Propulsion, Power, Data Handling/Onboard Processing, Thermal, Mechanisms, TT&C, Payload, Flight Dynamics, and Orbit Mechanics
- Ability to fulfill a 24x7 on-call rotation and respond onsite within 30 minutes
- Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability, statistical inference, calculus, differential equations, and fundamentals of plane/solid geometry and trigonometry.
- Ability to apply engineering principles and scientific methods, such as laws of mechanics of particles and solid bodies, and the application of these laws to real-world engineering problems
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, apply visual and spatial reasoning, and draw valid engineering conclusions.
- Ability to interpret and an extensive variety of tecahnical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
- Ability to utilize mathematical and computational tools to solve engineering problems
- Attentive to details, proactive, and confident personality with good communication skills