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Uncrewed Aerial Systems, Chief Pilot

Employer
CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY
Location
Cranfield, United Kingdom
Salary
£40,000 to £50,000 per annum (based on experience)
Closing date
1 Jul 2022

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Job Details

School/Department Cranfield Airport Operations Limited
Based at Cranfield Campus, Cranfield, Bedfordshire
Hours of work 37.5 hours per week, normally worked Monday to Friday.
Contract type Permanent
Salary £40,000 to £50,000 per annum (based on experience)
Apply by 01/07/2022

Role Description

Cranfield Airport is a commercial, GA, and research airport situated in Class G airspace situated between Bedford and the City of Milton Keynes with a 1799m runway which can accommodate business jets such as the Falcon, Gulfstream and Boeing Business Jet. Cranfield Airport’s Air Traffic Control has a fully digital control tower. Cranfield Airport is wholly owned by and located at Cranfield University.

Cranfield operates a range of drones & uncrewed aerial vehicles including multi-rotor, fixed-wing, and hybrid VTOL, which can be both off the shelf, privately built, and experimental.

The UAS Chief Pilot will be responsible to the UAS Manager for the safe and secure operation, remote pilot competency, and continued airworthiness of all Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS), Drones and Remotely Piloted Aerial Vehicles that are operated on behalf of Cranfield University within the Airport’s Air Traffic Zone or elsewhere.

The role will entail working with Airport staff including Air Traffic Controllers, University academic staff, the CAA, and industry collaborators, in the creation and compliance of existing and new operational procedures and safety cases that enable enhanced (e.g. BVLOS) operations alongside normal Airport operations. Compliance with CAP 722 plus other existing and future relevant legislation is fundamental.

We offer a challenging and varied working environment as part of a Global Research Airport and University, which includes collaborating on projects such as the UKRI Future Flight Challenge.

Co-funded by Research England, an industry consortium of leading aviation organisations and Cranfield University, the Digital Aviation Research and Technology Centre (DARTeC) is a £67 million investment in state-of-the-art facilities that will leverage both the University’s own research airport and its newly opened autonomous vehicle research facility.

DARTeC opened in 2021 and will initially focus on five primary research challenges within an organisational resilience framework that individually have direct relevance to the digital agenda, and collectively provide the opportunity to explore and address systems integration challenges through advances in technology, intelligence, regulatory frameworks and business models:

  • Connected Systems
  • Uncrewed Traffic Management
  • Seamless Passenger Experience
  • Distributed Airport/Airspace Management
  • Conscious Aircraft

Aviation and technically-minded candidates with a full (fixed-wind and multi-rotor) General Visual Certificate (GVC) are encouraged to apply.

Remotely-piloted fixed-wing experience is essential.

Conventional (crewed) pilot experience would be very beneficial.

Strong aviation knowledge will be essential given the primary operating environment at an Airport (i.e., Aviation law / meteorology, RT, Human Factors etc.)

The continue airworthiness requirement will require knowledge and maintenance experience of technical systems, such as mechanical structures, flight controllers, battery management, electronics, software, and radio systems.

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Alex Williamson, UAS Manager on (E); alex.a.williamson@cranfield.ac.uk or contact us for further details on E: hr@cranfield.ac.uk. Please quote reference number 4082.

Closing date for receipt of applications: 1 July 2022 

Interviews to be held week commencing 11 July 2022

Company

Cranfield is world-leading in its contribution to global innovation. With our emphasis on the aerospace, agrifood, defence and security, environmental technology, leadership and management, manufacturing and transport systems sectors, we have changed the way society thinks, works and learns.

We generate and transform knowledge, translating it to the benefit of society. Our partners, from micro SMEs to the largest blue-chip multinationals, from governments across the world to NGOs and charities, tell us this is what they value about Cranfield.

Innovation is part of Cranfield’s ‘corporate DNA’, evolved over 60 years of commitment to this agenda.

Our work informs policy for governments and produces new technologies and products for the world of commerce. We draw on this pool of research and consultancy to provide our students with a distinctive ‘real-world’ learning environment, allowing them to develop as professionals and transfer their new knowledge to the global economy. This has always been the ‘Cranfield way’ but it has never been more important than in today’s world.

People are key to our competitive advantage and so we need to attract, develop and retain the best talent for our business. We aim to create a culture where you can flourish and succeed and, in turn, contribute towards Cranfield’s success.

Company info
Telephone
+(44)01234 750111
Location
CRANFIELD
CRANFIELD
BEDFORDSHIRE
MK43 0AL
United Kingdom

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