Junior Flight Test Engineer (m/f/x)

You didn't study aerospace to push paper. Sit in the right seat of the test campaigns that turn a clean sheet design into a certified aircraft. Join Grob Aircraft. Apply today.

Grob Aircraft has been designing and building aircraft in Bavaria for decades, from trainers and composite airframes to some of the most advanced aeronautical structures in the world. Engineering excellence and precision manufacturing are what we do.

At the heart of our portfolio sits the G120 TP, the turboprop trainer that prepares military pilots in air forces around the world for their next step into jet aviation. Robust, agile and built for the demands of modern ab initio and basic training, the G120 TP is the benchmark in its class and a programme we keep pushing forward.

As Junior Flight Test Engineer you will be part of the team that takes our aircraft into the air, instruments them, captures the data and turns it into the certification evidence that gets them into service.

Your Responsibilities

• Layout and design of flight test equipment including supervision and support of the installation

• Calibration and preprocessing of the required data

• Organisation and preparation of flight test briefings and debriefings

• Preparation of flight test documentation including test cards and test orders

• Administration of configuration control

• Postprocessing and documentation of test data including administration

• Preparation of certification reports

• Participation in ground and flight tests to assist the test pilot

Your Profile

• Completed degree from a university or university of applied sciences in electrical engineering, aerospace engineering or a comparable field

• Flight testing experience desirable

• Flying experience beneficial

• Shop floor experience with aircraft or electric components beneficial

• Python programming knowledge

• Experience with flight test instrumentation beneficial (Curtiss-Wright KAM-500 or Axon)

• Knowledge of EASA certification specifications

• Strong analytical mindset, structured way of working and team oriented attitude

• Very good German and English skills, both written and spoken

What We Offer

• 40 hour work week, flexitime, 30 vacation days

• Company pension plan, accident insurance, disability insurance subsidy

• Fly the Grob G115 in your free time (PPL holders) and access to the Grob flight simulator

• Subsidised lunch, EGYM Wellpass, corporate benefits platform

• Short decision paths, open leadership, no unnecessary bureaucracy