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Flight Operations & Flight Testing
Munich
Full Time

Build Europe's next chapter in vertical lift and make it count. Join ERC and help us prove the case: capability, engineering, flight proof, European sovereignty, and mission flexibility.

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About the role

As UAS Flight Test Engineer, your mission is to plan and execute safe, structured, and data-driven flight testing for our UAS platforms. As Flight Operator and member of the Remote Crew, you ensure disciplined mission execution by monitoring aircraft performance and operational limits, managing the Flight Termination System, and enabling safe decision-making throughout every test.

You bridge engineering and operations by translating development objectives into robust test programs, flight test cards, briefings, and traceable reports, ensuring efficient progress from ground testing to flight demonstrations.

What you will do

  • Plan, prepare, and coordinate aircraft ground and flight test campaigns for development and certification activities
  • Act as focal point for test requests from engineering departments and translate them into structured ground and flight test plans
  • Categorize test requests and define test objectives, test conditions, and instrumentation requirements in collaboration with relevant stakeholders
  • Support the planning, installation, and documentation of flight test instrumentation
  • Conduct pre-flight inspections and regular maintenance activities
  • Support engineering teams in the manufacturing, integration, test aircraft
  • Support weight and balance calculations and measurement activities
  • Participate as remote crew member in ground and flight tests by managing and monitoring test sequence execution using telemetry systems from the ground station
  • Conduct pre-test briefings and post-test debriefings
  • Initiate, coordinate, and track actions to resolve deficiencies and implement recommendations identified during debriefings and in test reports
  • Create and maintain comprehensive test documentation, including Flight Test Cards and Flight Test Reports
  • Support the continuous development of our Flight Test Organization by improving tools, processes, and methodologies

what you bring

  • Plan, prepare, and coordinate aircraft ground and flight test campaigns for development and certification activities
  • Act as focal point for test requests from engineering departments and translate them into structured ground and flight test plans
  • Categorize test requests and define test objectives, test conditions, and instrumentation requirements in collaboration with relevant stakeholders
  • Support the planning, installation, and documentation of flight test instrumentation
  • Conduct pre-flight inspections and regular maintenance activities
  • Support engineering teams in the manufacturing, integration, test aircraft
  • Support weight and balance calculations and measurement activities
  • Participate as remote crew member in ground and flight tests by managing and monitoring test sequence execution using telemetry systems from the ground station
  • Conduct pre-test briefings and post-test debriefings
  • Initiate, coordinate, and track actions to resolve deficiencies and implement recommendations identified during debriefings and in test reports
  • Create and maintain comprehensive test documentation, including Flight Test Cards and Flight Test Reports
  • Support the continuous development of our Flight Test Organization by improving tools, processes, and methodologies

What we offer

  • Full-scale aerospace engineering — not concept slides.
  • A 60+ engineer team at Ottobrunn, backed by IABG and developed alongside TUM and DRF Luftrettung.
  • Competitive compensation and equity participation.

Your team

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Daniel Gierszewski
VP Flight Operations
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The HIRING process

  • Introductory Chat
  • Technical or Functional Deep-Dives
  • On-site Interview and Get-to-Know
  • Decision

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