diff --git a/server/models/PilotProfile.test.ts b/server/models/PilotProfile.test.ts
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+import { describe, it } from 'node:test'
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict'
+import { PilotProfile } from '~~/server/models/PilotProfile'
+
+describe('PilotProfile model', () => {
+  it('is importable without a DB connection', () => {
+    assert.ok(PilotProfile, 'PilotProfile model must be importable')
+  })
+
+  it('schema defines the expected fields', () => {
+    const paths = PilotProfile.schema.paths
+    for (const field of [
+      'user', 'simulator', 'os', 'hardware', 'radioConfidence', 'radioPainPoint',
+      'networkExperience', 'toolkit', 'toolkitDuration', 'topFeatures',
+      'pricingPreference', 'resultCallsign', 'completedAt', 'skippedAt',
+    ]) {
+      assert.ok(field in paths, `schema must have ${field}`)
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('user reference is required and unique', () => {
+    const userPath = PilotProfile.schema.path('user') as any
+    assert.equal(userPath?.options?.required, true)
+    assert.equal(userPath?.options?.unique, true)
+  })
+
+  it('radioConfidence is bounded 1-5', () => {
+    const path = PilotProfile.schema.path('radioConfidence') as any
+    assert.equal(path?.options?.min, 1)
+    assert.equal(path?.options?.max, 5)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/server/models/PilotProfile.ts b/server/models/PilotProfile.ts
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+import mongoose from 'mongoose'
+import type {
+  FeatureWish, HardwareItem, NetworkExperience, OperatingSystem, PricingPreference,
+  RadioPainPoint, Simulator, ToolkitDuration, ToolkitItem,
+} from '~~/shared/onboarding/config'
+
+export interface PilotProfileDocument extends mongoose.Document {
+  user: mongoose.Types.ObjectId
+  simulator?: Simulator
+  os?: OperatingSystem
+  hardware: HardwareItem[]
+  radioConfidence?: number
+  radioPainPoint?: RadioPainPoint
+  networkExperience: NetworkExperience[]
+  toolkit: ToolkitItem[]
+  toolkitDuration: Partial<Record<ToolkitItem, ToolkitDuration>>
+  topFeatures: FeatureWish[]
+  pricingPreference?: PricingPreference
+  resultCallsign?: string
+  completedAt?: Date
+  skippedAt?: Date
+  createdAt: Date
+  updatedAt: Date
+}
+
+const pilotProfileSchema = new mongoose.Schema<PilotProfileDocument>(
+  {
+    user: { type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId, ref: 'User', required: true, unique: true },
+    simulator: { type: String },
+    os: { type: String },
+    hardware: { type: [String], default: () => [] },
+    radioConfidence: { type: Number, min: 1, max: 5 },
+    radioPainPoint: { type: String },
+    networkExperience: { type: [String], default: () => [] },
+    toolkit: { type: [String], default: () => [] },
+    toolkitDuration: { type: mongoose.Schema.Types.Mixed, default: () => ({}) },
+    topFeatures: { type: [String], default: () => [] },
+    pricingPreference: { type: String },
+    resultCallsign: { type: String, trim: true },
+    completedAt: { type: Date },
+    skippedAt: { type: Date },
+  },
+  { timestamps: true },
+)
+
+export const PilotProfile =
+  (mongoose.models.PilotProfile as mongoose.Model<PilotProfileDocument> | undefined) ||
+  mongoose.model<PilotProfileDocument>('PilotProfile', pilotProfileSchema)