Test Pilot – Acceptance / QA (All Genders)

Your Mission

You fly the standardized production acceptance flight profile for every newly built Gambit unit in our dedicated flight cages and test zones, verifying handling, sensor feeds, and failsafes before customer sign-off. You aren't just flying sorties; you are certifying that each individual serial-numbered aircraft is airworthy and ready for immediate deployment.

Responsibilities

• Acceptance Sortie Execution: Execute standardized end-of-line flight acceptance test cards on every newly manufactured aircraft in dedicated flight cages and test zones.

• Flight Dynamics & Failsafe Verification: Verify hover trim stability, sensor fusion health, gimbal video stream quality, and automated return-to-base failsafe behavior.

• Pre-Flight & Post-Flight Inspections: Perform thorough pre-flight and post-flight vehicle inspections, battery telemetry checks, motor temperature logging, and compass calibrations.

• Official Delivery Sign-Off: Log flight telemetry evidence, complete official acceptance documentation, and officially sign off on unit airworthiness certificates for delivery.

• Defect Feedback: Feed flight handling discrepancies, trim offsets, or assembly defects directly back to production technicians and quality engineers.

• Aviation Discipline: Follow pre-flight checklists and range safety protocols with unwavering aviation rigor.

Required Skills

• Proven track record piloting commercial or tactical multirotor / VTOL UAS (100+ flight hours).

• Relevant UAS Pilot Certifications (EU A1/A3, A2 Remote Pilot Certificate; STS / Specific Category authorization is an asset).

• Experience with Ground Control Station software (QGroundControl, Mission Planner).

• Solid understanding of UAS aerodynamics, battery health metrics, meteorology, and weather limits.

• Ability to perform basic field calibrations, compass offsets, and propeller balancing.

• Working proficiency in English; NATO citizen.