Drone Pilot / UAV Operator (m/f/d)

Skyflow Network GmbH; Bensheim; Hybrid; EUR 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Shift bonuses

28 days holiday

Modern workplace in Bensheim

Meaningful work

Job summary

Skyflow Network GmbH in Germany is seeking a Drone Pilot to operate in a 24/7 mission environment. You will manage real emergency flights, ensure safety, and coordinate with dispatch and incident commanders from our Bensheim control hub.

You will monitor airspace, weather, and system status, making timely decisions under pressure while collaborating with product teams to improve software and hardware for safer, faster emergency responses.

Qualifications

• Hands-on drone experience with aviation systems.
• Resilience under stress and ability to make decisions with incomplete information.
• Willingness for 24/7 shift work.
• Fast situational awareness and concentration.
• Open, constructive handling of mistakes to keep operations safe.
• Fluent German and confident English.

Responsibilities

• Work on a real running emergency system with real missions.
• Ensure safe flight and make sound decisions under time pressure.
• Participate in 24/7 shift operations so flights happen anytime.
• Perform pre-flight checks, obtain flight clearances, and monitor flights.
• Monitor multiple systems, spot risks early, and intervene proactively.
• Communicate with dispatch centres, incident commanders, and other airspace users.
• Share cockpit experience to help improve software and hardware.

Skills

Drone experience

Stress resilience

24/7 readiness

Fast reaction

Communication skills

German fluency

English proficiency

Job description

Someone dials 112. Before the fire crews arrive, our drone delivers an aerial picture of the scene to the responders. Seconds that save lives.

This is reality. Fire departments and dispatch centres in Germany already work with our technology: automated drone flights and real-time situational pictures, before the first crews arrive. And this is just the beginning.

You want your work to make a real difference? Then you are in the right place: our pilot team is looking forward to reinforcement. Our goal is clear: making emergency response faster and more efficient. As a pilot with us, you take responsibility in 24/7 operations: reliably, safely and with the ambition to grow together with us.

Our pilot team flies the missions from our pilot control centre in Bensheim.

What to expect

• Real missions, real responsibility : You work on a system that protects lives in an emergency, not a concept but a running operation.
• High responsibility : You ensure a safe flight, react to the situation in the air during the mission and make sound decisions, even under time pressure.
• 24/7 shift operation : Emergencies don't keep office hours. We work in shifts so someone is always ready to fly, at night, on weekends, on public holidays. You are part of that.
• Pre-flight checks, flight clearance & flight execution : You check airspace and weather before the mission and continuously during the flight, monitor our drone systems and thereby ensure safe operations at all times. You decide whether we fly, and take responsibility for it.
• Situational awareness & monitoring : You monitor several systems in parallel, spot risks early and intervene proactively.
• Interface to the dispatch centre : You are in direct contact with dispatch centres, incident commanders and, when needed, other airspace users. Your communication is clear, calm and precise.
• Shaping, not just flying : You share your experience from the cockpit with our product team so software and hardware get better with every mission.

Who we are looking for

• Drone experience : You have hands‑on experience with drones or other aviation systems. The platform is secondary, a sense of responsibility is what matters.
• Resilience under stress : You make decisions even with incomplete information and stay capable of acting.
• 24/7 readiness : Shift work including nights, weekends and public holidays is not a dealbreaker for you, it's part of the job.
• Fast reaction time : When the alert comes in, seconds count. You grasp situations quickly, switch straight into mission mode and reach full concentration within moments.
• Error culture : Mistakes happen. You address them openly instead of hiding them, because that is the only way our flight operation stays safe.
• Communication : You speak fluent German and confident English.

This is not a rigid list of requirements, it is a direction. If you recognise yourself in some of these points and want to help build professional remote UAV operations at a start-up from the ground up, get in touch.

What we offer

• Meaningful work : Your work has a direct impact: every day, in real emergencies.
• A crew that sticks together : Just culture, clear procedures, incident reviews without blame. With us, honesty is not risky, it is the basis of everything.
• State‑of‑the‑art technology : Modern drone systems, our own software platform and an infrastructure that grows with us, right at the intersection of aviation, emergency response and AI.
• Influence on the product : Your voice counts: you shape how our systems evolve.
• Attractive compensation package : Fixed salary plus shift bonuses.
• 28 days of holiday
• A modern workplace : New office in Bensheim, a few minutes' walk from the station, with parking.