Head of Flight Test Management / Senior Flight Test M​anager - Air

The role

You will lead and steer the entire flight test programme from early development to operational customer acceptance. You will manage flight test organization, budgets, timelines, and cross-organizational collaboration.

What you will do

• Build, scale, and lead the Flight Test Management Organization
• Steer the flight test team in partnership with Grob Aircraft
• Standardize and enforce flight testing processes for UAVs and mission systems
• Coordinate flight test campaigns and budgets across multiple air programmes
• Direct domestic and international UAV deployments
• Manage contractually committed flight test milestones
• Integrate Operational Test & Evaluation concepts into the test programme
• Establish initial Training as a Service concepts
• Own the flight test schedule and manage aircraft availability
• Interface with engineering, maintenance, service, and programme management

Required qualifications

• Minimum 6 years of relevant experience in coordinating flight test campaigns or comparable engineering test programmes in defence, aerospace industry or related sectors
• Leadership experience of a flight test or similar multi-disciplinary team
• Ability to represent an organisation with customers, partners and suppliers
• Fluent in German and English, in writing and in person
• University degree (or equivalent experience) in a relevant subject including mechanical, industrial or aerospace engineering
• Willingness to travel regularly
• Ready to meet all necessary requirements for a security clearance according to the respective national laws

Nice to have

• Significant prior military experience within the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) or allied armed forces
• Previous experience with aircraft maintenance
• Previous experience with logistics of military goods
• Fluent in Spanish

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• VSOP options
• Relocation support: up to €2,500 and 4 weeks temporary accommodation
• Learning: €500/£450 yearly allowance
• Gym membership
• Mental health support (Nilo.health)
• Regularly company events
• Monthly social allowances
• 22 weeks fully paid parental leave for primary caregivers
• 6 weeks fully paid parental leave for secondary caregivers
• 5 days of paid family emergency leave
• 100% remote work option during pregnancy and phased return to work

Before you apply

• Must be ready to meet all necessary requirements for a security clearance according to the respective national laws

About the company

Helsing is a defence AI company. Their mission is to protect democracies through technological leadership in AI.