Assistant Manager Flight Test & Operations Safety

Role Summary

The Assistant Manager – Flight Test
& Flight Operations Safety will lead operational risk management on the
flight line, ground test rigs (iron-bird/tethered), and during experimental
flight test campaigns.

Qualifications & Skills

• Mandatory
  Qualifications: B.E./B.Tech in Aerospace, Aeronautical, or Mechanical Engineering or equivalent qualification/experience in Military aviation.
  Certification in Aviation Incident Investigation is highly desirable.
  

• Mandatory
  Experience: 5+
  years in airfield operations, experimental aircraft flight testing, or
  flight line ground operations safety.
  

• Preferred
  Experience: Experience in experimental flight test safety management, drone/eVTOL test
  bed oversight, or military flight line operations.
  

• Primary
  Skills: Flight-line hazard evaluation, pre-flight safety risk assessments, ground
  test rig safety (iron-bird/tethered setups), airfield crash rescue
  coordination, emergency preparedness.
  

• Secondary
  Skills: Operational Risk Management (ORM), human factors evaluation, telemetry
  monitoring procedures, safety briefing execution.
  

Key Responsibilities

• Lead
  pre-flight safety risk assessments and hazard evaluations for ground rig
  runs, tethered tests, and experimental flight sorties.
  

• Establish
  flight-line standard operating procedures (SOPs), clearance zones, and
  safe perimeters during active engine or propulsion runs.
  

• Coordinate
  flight-line emergency response teams, Crash Fire Rescue (CFR) protocols,
  and airfield emergency response strategies.
  

• Conduct
  flight safety briefings for ground crews, pilots/operators, and test
  engineers prior to test execution.
  

• Investigate
  flight operations near-misses or incidents and implement corrective action
  reports to enhance operational safety.