Job Title:  Flight Data Specialist

Job ID:  13796

Job Location:  UK – Whiteley - Hampshire

Please note that onsite working will be expected for at least 4 days per week.

About this opportunity and L3Harris UK

From 12 UK sites, our team of over 1,400 people deliver unique capabilities across air, land, sea, space and cyber for military, security and commercial customers, worldwide.

At L3Harris Flight Data Services, we provide an outsourced Flight Data Monitoring service to aircraft operators worldwide. It is important to deliver insights to customers in a presentable and timely manner, enabling them to take action to reduce costs and improve safety to save lives.

L3Harris Flight Data Services has the largest flight data monitoring platform in the world; the R&D team supports & develops capabilities and ad-hoc analysis for this platform. We care deeply about aviation safety; our work reflects our passion for this and we expect the same from you. We work with customers to improve their safety operations with insights and analysis capability.

A Flight Data Specialist will use aviation technical documentation to be able to process raw, recorded flight data into the appropriate engineering units. Knowledge of aircraft systems and data recording is required to validate this configuration work and to become a subject matter expert in the team. Data analysis skills are required when performing readouts from Flight Data Recorders (FDR), Cockpit Voice Recorders (CVR) and other data sources.

A few of our employee benefits are:

• 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days
• Private medical insurance with optional family cover
• Pension scheme of up to 7% employer contribution
• Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
• Group income protection
• Flexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover and cycle to work scheme
• Employee assistance program providing mental health and wellbeing support

Day to day responsibilities would include:

• Perform FDR, CVR and DLR readouts using the Express Readout tool
• Development of new Logical Frame Layout (LFL) documents such as transcoding manufacturer data frame documentation into the Flight Data Connect format
• Supporting customers during the configuration and setup of their Flight Data Monitoring program
• Version control of LFLs and releasing updated versions to the system
• Assist staff to process and convert FDR data in different formats, including identification of the data format
• Preparation of reports documenting the recording quality of aircraft sensors
• Support other teams within the business on matters concerning recorded parameters and other recording issues

Secondary Tasks:

• Identity bugs or inefficiencies in the system and liaise with the Software Development team to find appropriate fixes.

• Reverse-engineer FDR files
• Review abnormal recorded data and determine the cause
• Provide support and guidance to customers on data recording matters
• Responding to ad-hoc requests for analysis or supply of data
• Demonstrate and promote industry best practice

Knowledge, Skills and Qualifications:

• Understanding of the various forms of binary encoded data and the ability to work with data at the lowest levels
• Appreciation of large matrix mathematics
• Customer service orientated
• Appreciation of ARINC standards 573/717/767/647A
• Knowledge of Data Acquisition Units and Data Recorders (DFDAU/ FDR/ QAR)
• Effective communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Working at pace

Please note applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment must meet the requirement of right to work in the UK.