Jonas,
It sounds to me that your next position should be in a Flight Test organization but not at the lofty (?) level of FTE. For every test crew there are probably a hundred dedicated, knowledgeable engineers, technicians and other folks backing them up. I would suggest looking at some of the company web sites - for example the outfit I work for (which is probably the same one as Typhoid just different locations) is in a heavy recruitment phase. Get a full test program under your belt at whatever level and you'll be in a much better position to take your career forward.