Chief Test Pilot

Rolls-Royce

  • Derby
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 6 days ago
Job DescriptionChief Test PilotFull timeDerbyAn outstanding opportunity has arisen within Flight Operations at Rolls-Royce to join the team as the Chief Test Pilot.Reporting to the Director of Flight Operations, the Chief Test Pilot is the Rolls-Royce expert in the flight testing of all Rolls-Royce aerospace products.As the Chief Test Pilot, you will be the primary liaison with airframe manufacturers flight test departments, ensuring that our engines can be tested safely, effectively and economically. You’ll provide significant business value by acting as the liaison between Rolls-Royce engineers and flight test crews. This will include taking responsibility for the safety of all Rolls-Royce personnel employed on flight testing operations. With an experimental flight text background, you’ll also be the primary operational advisor to Rolls-Royce’s Research and Technology organisation, bringing your real-world experience to the cutting edge development of tomorrow’s technology. You will be providing significant business value by shaping the future operational use of Rolls-Royce products to maximise economic return, whilst providing a feedback route from customer pilots.We will keep you in regular flying practice and would look to expose the successful candidate to a range of operational roles.Why Rolls-Royce?Rolls-Royce is one of the most enduring and iconic brands in the world and has been at the forefront of innovation for over a century. We design, build and service systems that provide critical power to customers where safety and reliability are paramount.We are proud to be a force for progress, powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.We want to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that has shaped our history continues into our future and we need people like you to come and join us on this journey.The Flight Operations team in Rolls-Royce provides advice and context on the operational use of our aerospace products.We’ll provide an environment of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. Ours is an inclusive, innovative culture that invests in you, gives you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference.What we offerWe offer excellent development opportunities, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.Your needs are as unique as you are. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home, or another remote location. It’s a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement. As a minimum we’re all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week.What you will be doingWith this unique opportunity you will get the chance to:Shape the next generation of aerospace engines, including development of sustainable technologies.Plan and conduct flight test across Rolls-Royce’s civil and defence product range.As an operational expert, support other tasks across Flight Operations, including within our corporate aviation department and heritage flight.Be the first point of contact for all internal and external questions about Flight Test.Who we’re looking for:At Rolls-Royce we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form the behaviours that guide us and are an essential component of our assessment process. They are the fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.To be successful in this role you will need to have excellent communication, outstanding relationship building and stakeholder management skills and have the following experience and qualifications:
  • Essential Requirements
  • EASA/CAA Category 1 Flight Test Licence
  • EASA/CAA Class 1 Medical
  • Desirable Requirements
  • Multi-Engine Jet Experience
  • Experience of operating Rolls-Royce powered aircraft
  • Instructional experience
  • Commercial flying operations, preferably as Commercial Air Transport
  • Project management experience, preferably within engineering/requirements management
We are an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives which are crucial to innovation and problem solving. We believe the more diverse perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of caring and belonging, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy atClosing date:Job CategoryValidation and VerificationPosting Date28 Aug 2025; 00:08Posting End Date11 Sept 2025

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