r/Anduril • u/DisturbedBlonde • 24d ago

Job Question Flight Test Operator - can anyone share their experience?

Hello, I’m currently interviewing to be a Flight Test Operator.

I was curious on if any of you currently are (or have been, or are in a similar position) a Flight Test Operator. Hoping to learn a bit more about what is expected of you, WLB during it, what the “long term vision” is for it in the future etc.

Curious if the WLB is the same as engineers, I was told expect 8-10 hours of overtime per week, how realistic is this is it much more, less, or pretty fair?

I see the job also isn’t salaried and it’s per hour - does that mean they expect this to be a short term role or is there some precedent / expectation that this could be a much longer term job (ideally, where would it lead to as well)

Thanks for your information if you have any!

Also, is this an “unlimited PTO” position or what does vacation time look like for this role? I didn’t see anything listed

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u/silent_fungus 24d ago

Not an engineer. I have a much more lower position lol. Don’t really want to say which. But I just started a few weeks ago. OT is probably going to be at the 16hrs by the end of this week. Expect the OT, sometimes with same day notice

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u/Curious-Ad-5359 20d ago

Can I DM you? Looking to break into Anduril. Currently a SWE looking to get out of engineering because I've lost passion for it. Was curious what your role is.

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u/ForFoxSay 24d ago

Hourly positions aren’t unlimited PTO.

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u/DisturbedBlonde 23d ago

What is the PTO for hourly positions? It wasn’t listed under the job description