# Flight Test Operations Lead / Manager at Neros

- Company: Neros
- What the company does: Neros is vertically integrating production of unmanned defense systems in the United States, securing the autonomous supply chain. Are you with us? Backed by Sequoia.
- Company website: https://www.neros.tech/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Torrance, California, United States
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $132K to $184K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-12
- Apply by: 2026-11-26
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/nerostechnologies/jobs/5262889007?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/neros-flight-test-operations-lead-manager/

## About the role

Neros is hiring a Flight Test Operations Lead/Manager to run the operations side of Flight Testing. You will own scheduling, staffing, facilities, and logistics for a team of pilots and technicians executing test flights on experimental FPV drones. You own Flight Test throughput - Success means more flight hours and tests per week with less workload and stress on the flight teams. Collect data on where time goes, find the bottlenecks, and fix them. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Own and maintain the flight test schedule across concurrent campaigns, balancing pilot, technician, aircraft, and range availability against engineering commitments
- Build and manage the flight test operations team, including hiring, onboarding, performance management, and career progression
- Be responsible for flight test facilities, vehicles, and field equipment. Lead requirements, timeline, and development of future test sites
- Plan multi week testing deployments including travel, logistics, site coordination
- Improve the repeatability, documentation, and throughput of test operations over time

Tags: FPV Pilot and Test

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/neros-flight-test-operations-lead-manager/