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Salary: USD 131,500 - 184,000 / annual
Neros Technologies is a defense technology company designing and manufacturing high-performance unmanned systems (drones) tested in combat and built at scale. The company operates with a fast, hands-on culture focused on closing the gap between design and deployment.
You will lead the operations side of Flight Testing, owning scheduling, staffing, facilities, and logistics for a team of pilots and technicians executing test flights on experimental FPV drones. Your core mission is to maximize Flight Test throughput—more flight hours and tests per week with less workload and stress on flight teams. You will collect data on operational bottlenecks, identify inefficiencies, and implement solutions to improve repeatability and documentation.
Key responsibilities include:
- Owning and maintaining the flight test schedule across concurrent campaigns, balancing pilot, technician, aircraft, and range availability against engineering commitments
- Building and managing the flight test operations team, including hiring, onboarding, performance management, and career development
- Managing flight test facilities, vehicles, and field equipment; leading requirements, timelines, and development of future test sites
- Planning multi-week testing deployments including travel, logistics, and site coordination
- Continuously improving the repeatability, documentation, and throughput of test operations
You will occasionally stay overnight at test facilities during the week and work in a fast-moving environment where extreme ownership and rapid iteration are valued.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 5+ years of experience leading teams in UAS, film, military, aviation, or similarly complex operations
- Demonstrated ownership of scheduling and resource allocation across multiple teams
- Hands-on ability to fly drones, or experience managing and directing drone pilots
- Experience managing physical assets such as work facilities, vehicles, and field infrastructure
- Strong written communication skills
- Willingness to stay overnight at test facilities occasionally during the week
NICE TO HAVE:
- FPV acro piloting or in-depth FPV drone knowledge
- Experience in UAS flight test operations
- Experience in logistics
- Prior military experience
- Engineering background or experience working directly with engineering organizations
- Facility management or experience standing up undeveloped land
