Unfortunately this is not the best time to try to get into civilian flight test - heard of one TP at Cessna who recently volunteered for furlough & there's rumors of cut-backs at Learjet as the Continental/Challenger 300 program winds down after certification.
May I suggest you try DND or NRC (who are doing a lot of fly-by-wire & synthetic vision research for the military)? Transport Canada also has a small cadre of FTEs who support certification testing.