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.