Test & Trial Executive - Defence Systems

Role Overview: Defence Equipment Test & Trials Executive

This is a niche, ex-servicemen-focused role that sits at the intersection of military field experience and private defence manufacturing. It's not a traditional test engineer job — it doesn't require an engineering degree — but rather leverages hands-on operational knowledge from service to support a company's R&D and product validation cycle.

Core function: the person is the bridge between what engineers design and what soldiers actually need in the field. They prepare and operate equipment during trials, watch for real-world usability and reliability problems engineers might miss, and translate that into structured feedback (reports, checklists, lessons-learned).

• Trial execution: pre-trial checks, setup, deployment, safe handling/transport, operating equipment during authorized demonstrations
• Evaluation & feedback: spotting operational/usability/reliability issues, basic fault diagnosis, translating soldier's-eye view into engineering-usable feedback
• Documentation: trial reports, checklists, evaluation notes
• Liaison: coordinating between Engineering/R&D/Project teams and defence establishment personnel during trials
• Logistics of the job itself: heavy travel, extended stays at ranges/training areas, discipline and confidentiality throughout

• Retired Army OR/NCO/JCO — engineering degree explicitly not mandatory
• Preferred trades: Corps of Engineers, Combat Engineering, EME, Demolition — i.e., people who've actually maintained, fired, or handled equipment, not just administered it
• Willingness for extensive, sustained field travel — this is really a field job with a Bengaluru base, not an office job

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