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

As Head of Flight Test Management, you steer Helsing’s flight test program from development to customer acceptance, shaping governance and cross-functional execution. You lead the flight test organization, coordinating budgets, timelines, and stakeholder alignment with the Chief Engineering and Programme teams. You tackle risk, logistics, and regulatory challenges to ensure mission-ready UAV and system deployments. This role offers impact at the intersection of defence tech, ethics, and operational excellence. You will drive strategic test campaigns and build scalable processes that enable secure, reliable flight testing at scale.

• competitive salary
• relocation support
• learning allowance
• health & wellness support
• regular company events
• enhanced parental leave

• Build and lead Helsing’s Flight Test Management Organization, coordinating cross-company governance and escalation paths
• Standardize flight testing processes and ensure regulatory compliance, supporting certification activities
• Plan and oversee flight test campaigns and budgets across multiple air programmes, including range coordination and approvals
• Align contract milestones with customers and coordinate with military command structures on test priorities
• Integrate OT&E concepts and CONOPS into test scenarios, and establish initial TaaS concepts
• Own the flight test schedule and optimize aircraft availability and maintenance to minimize AOG

• Minimum 6 years of coordinating flight test campaigns or similar defence/aerospace tests
• Proven leadership of a multi-disciplinary flight test team
• Credible representation in discussions with customers, partners, and suppliers
• Fluency in German and English (written and spoken)
• University degree or equivalent in a relevant subject (engineering or related)
• Willingness to travel regularly, ability to meet security clearance requirements

• leadership
• stakeholder management
• negotiation
• flight test campaign coordination
• regulatory and certification knowledge for UAVs and mission systems
• OT&E concepts and CONOPS translation