Mission Operations Specialist (UAS Pilot)

The role

You will serve as the primary Remote Pilot in Command for developmental eVTOL UAV platforms. You will pilot aircraft from the Ground Control Station and manage operational and regulatory groundwork including CONOPS and flight authorizations.

What you will do

• Serve as the primary pilot at the Ground Control Station during live experimental flight tests.
• Translate engineering objectives into safe, executable flight test plans.
• Lead the development of Concept of Operations and operational risk assessments.
• Secure flight authorizations and waivers using EASA JARUS SORA and FAA Part 107 and 108.
• Own the integration, testing, and troubleshooting of Ground Control Stations.
• Manage the integration, functional testing, and operational deployment of R&D flight test payloads.
• Apply UAS flight test methodologies to optimize test efficiency and safety.
• Collaborate with R&D engineering teams to analyze post-flight telemetry and refine vehicle design.

Required qualifications

• Active FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate with a proven logbook demonstrating significant flight hours as an RPIC on complex UAS or developmental eVTOL UAV platforms.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience piloting complex, multi-rotor, or thrust-vectored vertical lift UAVs in an R&D, experimental, or operational test environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, Aviation, or a related technical field.
• Professional experience in experimental, R&D, or certification flight test programs.
• Practical experience executing the EASA JARUS SORA process.
• Deep expertise in the FAA Part 107 and FAA Part 108 frameworks for complex or Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations.
• Hands-on experience with Ground Control Station (GCS) integration.
• Experience with Command and Control (C2) link architecture and performance validation.
• Experience with Datalink integration (telemetry, video, and command streams).
• Experience with hardware and software payload integration.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with additional FAA aircraft certification frameworks (e.g., Part 21, Part 23, Part 27).
• Experience with flight test data analysis software (e.g., IADS, MATLAB, Python).
• Human Factors Evaluation Experience — pilot interface design, workload assessment, GCS ergonomics, or HMI evaluation in flight test settings.

About the company

Odys develops Hybrid Power Systems for aerospace. They develop the Laila unmanned drone for critical logistics and defense missions.