We're Hiring: Aeroelasticity Engineer
Full time | Core team
LAT Aerospace | STOL Aircraft
At LAT Aerospace, we’re building a clean-sheet Short Take-off and Landing (STOL) aircraft to transform regional air mobility in India. We’re looking for an Aeroelasticity Engineer to model, simulate, and validate aero-structural interactions — including flutter, divergence, gust response, and control surface flexibility — for both conventional and blown-wing configurations.
What you’ll do
Develop and validate coupled aeroelastic models (linear and non-linear) for full aircraft and wing configurations.
Lead analysis of flutter, divergence, gust response, and buffeting using both analytical tools and FEM-CFD coupling.
Simulate propulsor-wing aeroelastic interaction, including blown wing effects and thrust-induced deformation.
Define test setups and instrumentation for ground vibration tests (GVT) and flutter flight tests.
Support structural design trade-offs considering dynamic response and aeroelastic margins.
Collaborate with controls engineers to develop aeroelastic-aware control strategies.
Work with suppliers and internal teams to validate material models and structural stiffness in test articles.
Document assumptions, methods, and margin criteria clearly for PDR/CDR gates.
What we're looking for
Strong background in aeroelasticity, structural dynamics, and aircraft stability.
Hands-on experience with tools like NASTRAN, ANSYS, or open-source FEM frameworks.
Experience with aero-structure coupling and flexible aircraft analysis.
Comfort with building custom tools in MATLAB, Python, or other scripting environments.
Familiarity with flutter margins, load path analysis, and control surface flexibility.
Bonus: Experience with blown wings, propeller-induced aeroelastic effects, or distributed propulsion.
Why LAT?
Core team opportunity at a high-conviction aerospace startup
Real hardware, real prototypes, and real flight tests
Build the future of sustainable aviation in India
Top Skills
What We Do
Imagine a world where flying is as easy as taking a bus. A world where air travel isn't just for the major cities, but for everyone, everywhere. No more congested hubs, no more wasted hours in security lines—just seamless, affordable, on-demand flights connecting thousands of destinations that the world has ignored for too long.
We are building the future of mass aviation: a network of high-frequency, low-cost, 8 seater, STOL (short take-off and landing), medium-haul aircraft that make every city, every town, and every community accessible—without compromise.
Powered by next-generation aircraft, designed ground-up for efficiency, built for affordability, and future-proofed for autonomy, we are aiming to rewrite the rules of flight.
Our aircraft will take off and land in compact "air-stops" no bigger than a parking lot—no baggage belts, no security bottlenecks—eliminating the need for complex, expensive airport infrastructure that regional air travel simply doesn't require.
No more waiting. No more detours. No more being forced to drive when you should be able to fly. This isn't the impractical supersonic future of aviation as you are made to believe. This is the real future of aviation that our communities need.
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We are hiring
We’re building a next-gen aerospace company — from scratch.
Our Aircraft team is leading the development of our 8-seater hybrid-electric aircraft, spanning design, prototyping, systems integration, testing, and everything in between.
Our GTE team is focused on building a world-class gas turbine engine. We're especially looking for folks with experience in turbines, rotors, control systems, or anything close.
If you want to build something ambitious and enduring, write to us:
[email protected] (for Aircraft)
[email protected] (for GTE)
