Flight Test Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-09-22, Skillenai has indexed 76 job postings with the title “Flight Test Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is test planning, with demand down 44% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-22
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+How many Flight Test Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 76 job postings with the title “Flight Test Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-09-22, with demand down 44% 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 2026-09-22, the skills mentioned most often are test planning, Data analysis, Python, MATLAB, flight testing.
+Which cities are hiring the most Flight Test Engineer?
As of 2026-09-22, Flight Test Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Costa Mesa, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, San Clemente, San Francisco.
+Is Flight Test Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 76 Flight Test Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-09-22, with demand down 44% 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 | 26 | 34.2% |
| Data analysis | 26 | 34.2% |
| Python | 16 | 21.1% |
| MATLAB | 14 | 18.4% |
| flight testing | 13 | 17.1% |
| test cards | 11 | 14.5% |
| Test reporting | 11 | 14.5% |
| networking | 11 | 14.5% |
| test procedures | 10 | 13.2% |
| C++ | 10 | 13.2% |
| Test execution | 10 | 13.2% |
| Linux | 9 | 11.8% |
| flight control systems | 9 | 11.8% |
| MIL-STD-1553 | 8 | 10.5% |
| Integrated Analysis & Data System (IADS) | 8 | 10.5% |
Top metros hiring Flight Test Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Costa Mesa | 16 | 21.1% |
| San Luis Obispo | 4 | 5.3% |
| San Mateo | 4 | 5.3% |
| San Clemente | 3 | 3.9% |
| San Francisco | 3 | 3.9% |
| South San Francisco | 3 | 3.9% |
| Alameda | 2 | 2.6% |
| Atlanta | 2 | 2.6% |
| Donauwörth | 2 | 2.6% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-22, 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
- source
- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-09-22
- 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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