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

Skyflow; Bensheim; On-site; EUR 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days of holiday

Shift bonuses

Modern office in Bensheim

Job summary

Skyflow in Germany is seeking a dedicated Drone Operations Specialist to join our 24/7 flight operations. You will work on real missions that protect lives, ensuring safe flights and quick, precise decision-making under pressure.

You will perform pre-flight checks, monitor systems during missions, and maintain situational awareness while communicating clearly with dispatch centres. This role offers competitive compensation and a modern workplace in Bensheim.

Qualifications

• Hands-on drone experience and aviation systems preferred.
• Ability to make decisions under time pressure.
• Willingness to work in 24/7 shift rotations.
• Capable of rapid situation assessment and action.
• Open to addressing mistakes to maintain safe operations.
• Fluent German and confident English communication.

Responsibilities

• Perform pre-flight checks, flight clearance, and mission execution.
• Monitor drone systems and ensure safe operations.
• Communicate clearly with dispatch centres and incident commanders.
• Maintain situational awareness and intervene proactively.
• Share cockpit experience to improve software and hardware.

Skills

Drone experience

Resilience under stress

24/7 readiness

Fast reaction time

Error culture

Communication

Job description

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.