Flight Test / Data Engineer – Acoustic Systems

Overview

About the role. We are supporting a Munich-based deep-tech company building distributed acoustic sensing systems. Their technology needs to be tested in real-world environments, including field trials, drone tests and controlled chamber testing. They are looking for a Flight Test / Data Engineer who can take ownership of the data side of these tests. This person does not need to come from a flight test background; the most important skill is being able to work with real-world sensor data, process it properly, structure it, score it and identify errors in the data pipeline.

Responsibilities

• Support acoustic data collection from field tests, drone tests and chamber testing.
• Work with drone operators and interns to conduct structured test campaigns.
• Record, process and organise test data.
• Perform post-processing and quality checks on acoustic sensor data.
• Score and structure results in databases.
• Identify, debug and document errors in the data collection and processing flow.
• Help improve how test data is captured, labelled, stored and used by engineering teams.
• Work closely with ML, embedded and hardware engineers to make test data usable.

What they’re looking for

• Strong data engineering or data processing experience.
• Comfortable working with messy, real-world sensor data.
• Experience with databases and structured data workflows.
• Strong Python or similar scripting skills.
• Ability to debug errors across data collection, storage and processing.
• Practical mindset; happy to be close to real-world testing rather than only working behind a desk.
• Interest in learning flight testing and drone-based data collection on the job.

Nice to have

• Experience with acoustic data or signal processing.
• Experience with drone testing, robotics testing or field testing.
• Experience in defence, aerospace, robotics, autonomous systems or industrial sensing.
• Experience supporting ML teams with high-quality labelled/structured data.