Lead - Flight Line & Delivery Manager

Tata Advanced Systems Limited; Vadodara; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Tata Advanced Systems Limited is seeking a Flight Line & Delivery Manager to lead all flight line operations for the C295 aircraft, ensuring readiness, delivery and airworthiness compliance.

You will oversee inspections, test support, and customer delivery activities, coordinating with engineering, quality, and customers to meet regulatory and contractual requirements.

Qualifications

• Experience with aerospace systems (airframe, engine, electrical and avionics) and ability to troubleshoot and use test equipment.
• Ability to lead, schedule, and coordinate between technicians, ME, Quality, and customer reps across shifts.

Responsibilities

• Lead all flight line activities for C295 aircraft during production, testing, acceptance and delivery phases.
• Ensure aircraft readiness for ground runs, flight testing, customer demonstrations and final delivery.
• Coordinate aircraft movement, positioning, towing, servicing and flight line maintenance.
• Monitor and control daily flight line schedules to meet program delivery milestones.
• Oversee final aircraft inspections including airframe, aerostructure, flight control, hydraulic, electrical and avionics systems.
• Review and approve inspection reports, acceptance documentation and release certificates.
• Support ground testing activities including communication/navigation systems, radar/mission systems and software loading.
• Serve as focal point for aircraft delivery activities with customers, certification agencies and program stakeholders.
• Plan and execute aircraft acceptance inspections with customer representatives and ensure all contractual delivery requirements are fulfilled.
• Support customer audits, acceptance checks and delivery documentation reviews and drive timely aircraft handover and delivery execution.
• Lead regulatory, customer and internal audits related to flight line operations.

Skills

Aerospace systems knowledge

Leadership and coordination

Flight line operations

Job description

Tata Advanced Systems Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Sons, is a significant player for aerospace and defence solutions in India. The company offers a full range of integrated solutions across:

• Defence & Security
• Land Mobility

About the Role

Flight Line & Delivery Manager will be responsible for leading all flight line operations, aircraft acceptance activities, final assembly inspections, ground and flight test support, customer delivery processes, and airworthiness compliance for C295 aircraft. The role ensures timely aircraft delivery while maintaining the highest standards of quality, safety, regulatory compliance, and customer satisfaction.

Flight Line Operations

• Lead and manage all flight line activities for C295 aircraft during production, testing, acceptance, and delivery phases.
• Ensure aircraft readiness for ground runs, flight testing, customer demonstrations, and final delivery.
• Coordinate aircraft movement, positioning, towing, servicing, and flight line maintenance activities.
• Monitor and control daily flight line schedules to meet program delivery milestones.

Aircraft Inspection & Quality Assurance

• Oversee final aircraft inspections involving
• Airframe and aerostructure inspections
• Flight control systems
• Hydraulic systems
• Electrical and avionics systems
• Engine installation and integration
• Ensure closure of all non-conformances (NCs), concessions, deviations, and open actions before aircraft delivery.
• Review and approve inspection reports, acceptance documentation, and release certificates.

Flight Test & Acceptance Support

• Support ground testing activities including
• Communication and navigation systems testing
• Radar and mission system checks
• Software loading and verification
• Functional system testing

Coordinate pre-flight and post-flight inspections.

• Monitor troubleshooting and rectification of aircraft snags identified during testing and customer acceptance.
• Customer Delivery Management
• Act as focal point for aircraft delivery activities involving customers, certification agencies, and program stakeholders.
• Plan and execute aircraft acceptance inspections with customer representatives.
• Ensure all contractual delivery requirements are fulfilled.
• Support customer audits, acceptance checks, and delivery documentation reviews.
• Drive timely aircraft handover and delivery execution.

Regulatory & Compliance Management

• Ensure compliance with
• AS9100 Quality Management System
• DGCA/EASA/CAA requirements (as applicable)
• Airbus Military Quality Standards
• Company SOPs and Work Instructions
• Product Safety and Airworthiness requirements
• Lead regulatory, customer, and internal audits related to flight line operations.

Qualifications

Required Skills

• Technical Skills: Sound knowledge of aerospace systems (airframe, engine, electrical and avionics) including troubleshooting and test equipment usage.
• Functional Skills: Lead, schedule, and coordinate between technicians, ME, Quality and customer reps across variable shifts to ensure aircraft system checks, troubleshooting, aircraft fueling, weight and balance, component changes and documentation before formal release-for-flight. Serve as primary link between manufacturing teams, customer flight test and ground crew.