UAS Flight Manager to UMS Skeldar in Linköping

As UAS Flight Manager, you will have overall responsibility for the safety and efficiency of our UAS flight operations. You will lead and coordinate daily flight operations, develop flight crews, and drive safety and operational risk management. The role is both operational and strategic, working closely with Remote Pilots, Flight Technicians, Engineering, Maintenance, Project Management, customers, and aviation authorities. You will report to the Head of Flight Operations and play a key role in shaping the future of unmanned aviation.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate daily UAS flight operations, including planning, scheduling, execution, and post-flight activities, ensuring operations are conducted safely and in accordance with applicable regulations, authorizations, and company procedures.
• Lead and develop our flight crews, including Remote Pilots, Flight Technicians, and Flight Test Engineers, with responsibility for training, proficiency, and competence management.
• Drive safety and operational risk management, including safety reviews, risk assessments, audits, and continuous development of our Safety Management System (SMS).
• Ensure operational readiness and compliance by working closely with Maintenance and reviewing flight-related procedures, documentation, records, and operational approvals.
• Act as a key point of contact for operation sites, aviation authorities, customers, and internal stakeholders, supporting customer deliveries, demonstrations, new operational concepts, and other flight activities.
• Drive continuous improvement across Flight Operations, identifying opportunities to improve safety, efficiency, processes, and operational performance.

Requirements

• We believe you have at least five years of experience in flight operations management, aviation operations, or a comparable operational leadership role, with experience in UAS operations and/or commercial or military aviation. You have relevant education or professional training within aviation, aerospace, UAS, or military aviation, as well as a relevant UAS pilot license, certificate, or equivalent qualification. You have strong knowledge of aviation regulations and UAS operating requirements, combined with experience in operational risk management, safety processes, and a formal Safety Management System (SMS). You are experienced in leading, mentoring, and developing operational personnel and have a good understanding of flight planning, operational procedures, and aviation documentation. Excellent communication skills in English, both spoken and written, are essential.
• A B driver´s license is required.

Nice to have

• Experience from multiple UAS platforms, complex operational authorizations, international operations, or military aviation is considered an advantage.

Benefits

• an opportunity to be part of a dynamic company that is constantly evolving, where your impact plays an important role
• a high-tech product that is currently at the forefront of the market
• a familiar work culture characterised by collaboration and high engagement
• activities that promote both social community and health, through our Party Committee, Health Committee, Board Game Committee and a Women's Network.