Field Operations Manager - Full time position
About the role
Field Operations Manager responsible for executing HyLight flight operations across France, including on-site preparation, deployment, safety/compliance, data quality, and continuous improvement of operations. Overnight multi-day field deployments and frequent travel are required.
Responsibilities
- Deploy HyLighters during inspection missions across France.
- Prepare, set up, and execute operations on-site.
- Ensure safety, compliance, and efficiency of operations in real time.
- Manage operational contingencies and communicate with technical teams.
- Act as the primary on-site contact for all mission-related stakeholders.
- Contribute to operational reporting and mission traceability.
- Participate in logistical and operational preparation of missions.
- Verify equipment availability, condition, and compliance before deployments.
- Contribute to optimization of operational procedures and documentation.
- Participate in software and system testing and validation in field and air base.
Qualifications
- Proven experience in UAV operations.
- Good aviation background and understanding of basic airspace regulations.
- Field operations and team management experience.
- Ability to conduct missions autonomously.
- Willingness to travel frequently across France and undertake overnight multi-day deployments.
- A manned aviation license (PPL, LAPL, ULM, or equivalent) or CATS is a plus.
Skills
Benefits
- Full-time or freelance contract depending on profile.
- Salary between €30,000 and €40,000 depending on experience for full-time employees.
- Competitive day rate for freelance contractors.
- Additional daily field allowance for deployment days.
- HyLight equity through BSPCE stock options.
- 100% company-covered lunches (~€1,000/year).
- 100% reimbursement of public transportation subscriptions (Navigo) or €800/year for sustainable transportation.
- Company bicycle for commuting.
- Two team offsites per year.
- International team, regular team events, and offices on a former air base.
About HyLight
Small unmanned hydrogen airships for long range monitoring
HyLight builds and operates autonomous airships for long range monitoring. We focus on detecting methane leaks on pipelines and defects on power lines. Our innovation, the HyLighter, is a crossover between drone and airship technology. Like a drone, it is easily controllable and transportable. And, like an airship, it is extremely energy-efficient, enabling it to fly for up to 10 hours at slow speed (22mph) for optimal data collection which represents a range of 220miles. Today, energy infrastructure operators struggle with conducting inspections that are simultaneously: massive and precise. HyLight offers a solution to precisely detect issues on the infrastructure at an industrial scale, and all of this without emitting GHGs. We are 3 co-founders experienced in hardware and energy companies with Masters in Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science and Business from the best Engineering and Business School in France. We have developed 5 different flying aircrafts and signed 5 pilots programs with major energy infrastructure operators. We also have LOIs worth over $3.5M.
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