We at Volocopter are pioneers in the development of electrical air taxis that take off and land vertically (eVTOLs). We are bringing urban air mobility to life by introducing our air taxis and drones as an electric addition to current transportation options in megacities worldwide. Our aim is to offer affordable on-demand air taxi services and save people time by flying them safely to their destination. In 2011, we performed the first-ever crewed flight of a purely electrical multicopter and have since showcased numerous public flights with our full-scale Volocopters (www.volocopter.com).

Your mission during this flight:

You will be a member of our Flight Test Team by planning, performing and analyzing Flight Test campaigns of both manned and unmanned aircraft configurations. Your responsibility will be for the technical side. Tests will usually be conducted locally but may involve campaigns at remote locations from time to time.  

You will also be involved in extensive activities with the Volocopter Simulators in development working closely with the Simulator Team.  

In addition, you will support senior colleagues to continue building-up the Volocopter Flight Test Organization. Volocopter has an established Flight Test Organization as part of our EASA Part21J Design Organization Approval (DOA). 

• Planning Flight Test campaigns for electric aircraft for development and certification purposes by interacting with Engineering teams   
• Performing the planned campaigns in the role of Test Conductor or Telemetry Engineer 
• Analyzing the performed campaigns by post-flight assessment and troubleshooting, including test data analyses and reports  
• eVTOL initial airworthiness: analysis of certification requirements involving ground, flight, and simulation activities, preparation of compliance reports and interactions with authorities  
• Active involvement in Eurocae/EASA activities for the eVTOL rulemaking process in progress 
• Supporting the System Identification process for the validation of the Volocopter Simulators designed for both certification and training 
• Supporting the development of the Flight Test Organization, by continuing to improve test processes and procedures 

Check in your professional skills:

• Master’s degree in Aeronautical Engineering or equivalent technical education
• 1 to 3 years of proficient experience as FTE involved in the development and certification process
• Proficient experience in compliance documentation related to the flight testing 
• Proficient experience in programming (Python or equivalent) and post-processing (Matlab or equivalent) 
• Communicative team player, well organized with a proven ability to get things done
• Open to developing a new concept for urban air mobility
• Fluent English

Preferred skills:

• Education or Experience in rotorcraft flight testing 
• Participation in eVTOL rulemaking working groups 
• Experience in monitoring real-time critical parameters (using telemetry) 
• Aircraft Pilot or UAS Pilot (ideally multi-rotor) or Maintenance license