Senior Remote Pilot

Matchtech Group; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; Remote; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Matchtech Group seeks a Senior Remote Pilot to join the flight operations team. You will be the lead pilot on complex missions across the UK, supervise crews and mentor junior pilots.

The role supports development of standards and procedures for autonomous drone operations across challenging projects. Essential skills include extensive commercial drone operations experience, strong risk management, mission planning, and the ability to configure geofences, flight controllers, and autonomous

Qualifications

• Significant commercial drone operations experience.
• Experience leading field teams and managing deployed operations.
• Strong understanding of aviation safety and risk management.
• Experience producing risk assessments, SOPs and mission plans.
• Experience conducting autonomous flight operations.

Responsibilities

• Lead drone operations as Remote Pilot on complex missions across the UK.
• Supervise deployed crews and mentor less experienced pilots.
• Support development of operational standards and procedures.
• Coordinate BVLOS, visual mitigation, LiDAR and inspection missions.
• Review flight logs and investigate issues to improve performance.

Skills

Drone operations

Remote pilot lead

Team supervision

Risk management

Mission planning

Geofence configuration

Flight logs analysis

UK driving licence

Willing to travel UK

Job description

My Client a leader in autonomous platforms and sensors is looking for a Senior remote pilot to join the flight operations team. Working across some of the UK's most challenging infrastructure projects.

As a Senior Remote Pilot you will be responsible for the safe, compliant and efficient delivery of drone operations across the UK.

You will act as the lead pilot on complex missions, supervise deployed crews, mentor less experienced pilots and support the continuous development of operational standards and procedures.

This role involves a combination of:

• BVLOS operations
• Visual Mitigation operations
• Fixed-wing operations
• Survey and mapping missions
• LiDAR operations
• Infrastructure inspection missions
• Construction monitoring projects and Research and development activities

Essential skills include:

Significant commercial drone operations experience. Experience operating as Remote Pilot in complex operational environments.

Experience leading field teams and managing deployed operations.

• Strong understanding of aviation safety, risk management and operational planning.
• Experience producing and following risk assessments, operating procedures and mission plans.
• Experience conducting autonomous flight operations.
• Experience configuring aircraft parameters and flight controller settings.
• Experience creating and managing autonomous missions.
• Experience configuring and validating geofences.
• Experience configuring and testing flight fail safes.
• Experience reviewing and analysing flight logs to investigate issues and improve performance.
• Full UK driving licence.
• Willingness to travel and work throughout the UK