HAL Experimental Test Pilot Fixed Wing Recruitment 2026

HAL Experimental Test Pilot Recruitment 2026: Overview

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is engaging a Consultant / Experimental Test Pilot (Fixed Wing) for its Transport Aircraft Division in Kanpur. This full-time contract appointment supports the division’s production and development flight-testing programmes.

HAL is a Maharatna public-sector company under the Department of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence. Its aircraft work spans design, development, manufacture, maintenance, repair and overhaul, with this appointment linked specifically to the Kanpur division’s fixed-wing programmes.

The notice identifies Do 228, HS 748 and HJT 36 among the aircraft handled by the division, alongside future development aircraft. The assignment connects flight testing with design teams, certification bodies and service organisations as aircraft progress towards operation.

Service Conditions and Caveats

• Contract term: The initial engagement lasts one year. HAL may extend it depending on its requirements; an extension is not guaranteed.
• Employment status: This is a full-time, temporary consultancy arrangement. It does not create a claim to regular employee status or the facilities and benefits attached to that status.
• Work beyond the home division: You may support flight-test efforts in other HAL divisions on aircraft for which you are qualified. The notice mentions Kiran, HTT, M2k and LCA as examples.
• Training travel: Ground or flight training, whether received or delivered, may take place in any part of the world. This mobility forms part of the assignment’s stated scope.
• Further qualifications: You should be willing to gain additional qualifications when HAL needs them for the work.
• Company discretion: HAL may cancel the notification or the selection process. The company’s decision on selection is final.

Application Submission Notes

Email your application in the enclosed format to sivagiri@hal-india.co.in, addressed to the Deputy General Manager (HR), HAL Corporate Office, Bengaluru 560001. Bengaluru is the receiving office; the advertised assignment is at the Transport Aircraft Division in Kanpur.

Complete every column in the application format and include the information it asks for. The form warns that missing details or enclosures can lead to rejection, so check your completed application against the enclosed format before sending it.

• Conduct production and development flight tests on aircraft handled by the Kanpur division.
• Coordinate flight-test planning with design teams, flight-line staff, certification agencies and flight operations.
• Prepare flight-test and certification-test programmes.
• Analyse flight-test data and prepare reports and aircraft operating documentation.
• Coordinate with HAL design centres, equipment manufacturers, DRDO laboratories and service headquarters.
• Help secure civil and military certification for HAL aircraft products.
• Support other divisions’ flight tests on aircraft for which you are qualified.
• Guide pilots, flight engineers and technical teams towards timely project completion.