Aviation Materials & Logistics Specialist

Company Overview

Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas. These include airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial refueling, special air missions, aerial firefighting, and advanced simulation. We own the whole stack: designing, building, and operating turnkey capabilities that give our partners decisive, asymmetric advantage against rapidly evolving threats.

Our operating model is built around three interlocking pillars. The Support Groups provide a global shared-service – spanning people, finance, platform, operations, legal, and engagement. This frees up our Core Groups, who develop and own mission capabilities end-to-end, to focus entirely on delivery. The Market Groups apply a regional lens, ensuring that our agile and adaptable capabilities remain aligned to the wicked problems that matter most to our partners across the Americas, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific.

At the heart of our model is a simple but powerful idea: be a true partner with skin in the game. Our partners need effects, not just equipment. By owning the full stack – from the lab to the field – we are able to drive a continuous cycle of innovation that keeps our partners ahead. It's a fast-moving, intellectually demanding environment where talented people are given real responsibility, work on problems that matter, and contribute to an enterprise that is growing quickly and deliberately.

Headquartered in Washington, DC, with facilities across the United States, the United Kingdom, as well as Continental Europe and Asia-Pacific.

Position Summary

In this role, you will directly enable operational and mission readiness by ensuring critical aviation parts, equipment, and materials are available where and when they are needed—often in remote or austere environments. As a Material Handler, you are a trusted operator responsible for the accuracy, movement, and accountability of high-value, compliance-sensitive materials supporting global operations. 

You will be successful if you can execute logistics with speed, discipline, and precision while navigating export controls, 3PL (third-party logistics) warehouse relations, aviation regulations, and complex supply chains. Your effectiveness is measured by aircraft availability, operational continuity, and the confidence others place in your judgement. 

Initially, you will help establish Metrea’s regional aviation materials and logistics capability in Munich, creating the processes and infrastructure needed to support European operations. You will often operate as the sole logistics specialist onsite, taking hands-on ownership of the complete materials lifecycle while working closely with aircraft maintainers, flight crews and site leaders. 

The successful applicant MUST be fluent in both English and German (C1 and above).