Flight Test Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-07-28, Skillenai has indexed 56 job postings with the title “Flight Test Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is test planning, with demand down 27% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-07-28
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Frequently asked questions about Flight Test Engineer jobs
+How many Flight Test Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 56 job postings with the title “Flight Test Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-07-28, with demand down 27% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Flight Test Engineer jobs require?
Across Flight Test Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-07-28, the skills mentioned most often are test planning, flight testing, Test reporting, Data analysis, Test execution.
+Which cities are hiring the most Flight Test Engineer?
As of 2026-07-28, Flight Test Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Costa Mesa, San Clemente, San Luis Obispo, Cambridge, Salinas.
+Is Flight Test Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 56 Flight Test Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-07-28, with demand down 27% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in Flight Test Engineer postings is test planning, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly Flight Test Engineer postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Flight Test Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| test planning | 25 | 44.6% |
| flight testing | 18 | 32.1% |
| Test reporting | 17 | 30.4% |
| Data analysis | 16 | 28.6% |
| Test execution | 16 | 28.6% |
| Linux | 14 | 25.0% |
| data acquisition systems | 14 | 25.0% |
| Python | 12 | 21.4% |
| Ground testing | 12 | 21.4% |
| flight test planning | 11 | 19.6% |
| test cards | 11 | 19.6% |
| configuration management | 11 | 19.6% |
| MIL-STD-1553 | 9 | 16.1% |
| Telemetry | 9 | 16.1% |
| Security clearance | 9 | 16.1% |
Top metros hiring Flight Test Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Costa Mesa | 8 | 14.3% |
| San Clemente | 3 | 5.4% |
| San Luis Obispo | 3 | 5.4% |
| Cambridge | 2 | 3.6% |
| Salinas | 2 | 3.6% |
| San Francisco | 2 | 3.6% |
| San Mateo | 2 | 3.6% |
| Chantilly | 1 | 1.8% |
| El Segundo | 1 | 1.8% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-07-28, matching postings whose canonical role is “Flight Test Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
- role
- Flight Test Engineer
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-07-28
- window_days
- 90
The demand, skills, and geo numbers on this page come from the same Skillenai labor market index that powers our API. Use it for compensation benchmarking, hiring-competition analysis, and skill-adoption tracking.
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