Flight Mechanics Engineer (Modelling & Simulation)

As a Flight Mechanics Engineer (Modeling and Simulation), the following work area and skill sets awaits you:

• Develop and maintain 6-DOF nonlinear aircraft flight-dynamics models.
  

• Develop mathematical models for aircraft rigid-body dynamics, aerodynamics, propulsion, actuators, landing gear, and environmental effects.
  

• Perform aircraft trim, stability, control, and performance analyses across the flight envelope.
  

• Determine and analyze aerodynamic derivatives, stability derivatives, control derivatives, and propulsion characteristics.
  

• Perform longitudinal, lateral, and directional stability and controllability assessments.
  

• Conduct performance studies including take-off, climb, cruise, descent, transition, hover/VTOL, range, endurance, and landing as applicable.
  

• Develop flight-mechanics models and analysis required for flight-control-law development.
  

• Generate trim points, linearised models, aerodynamic derivatives, and operating-point data for control-law design. Evolve gain scheduling, control allocation, control mixing, and mode-transition logic development.
  

• Analyze control-system performance, stability margins, actuator utilization, and control authority.
  

• Support SIL, MIL, PIL, HIL, iron-bird, and flight-test simulations.
  

• Develop models at appropriate levels of fidelity ranging from conceptual/low-fidelity models to high-fidelity nonlinear simulations.
  

• Develop and maintain simulation environments using MATLAB/Simulink, Python, C/C++, or equivalent tools.
  

• Implement aircraft, propulsion, actuator, sensor, environment, and flight-control models.
  

• Perform model correlation against wind-tunnel, component-test, ground-test, and flight-test data.
  

• Establish model validation processes.
  

• Perform aircraft performance analysis and establish aircraft performance databases.
  

• Conduct handling-quality assessments and support development of handling-quality criteria.
  

• Evaluate aircraft response characteristics such as Time constants, Natural frequencies, Control response, Hover and transition response etc.
  

• Support development and analysis of flight-envelope boundaries.
  

• Develop and simulate failure, fault, and degraded-mode scenarios.
  

• Support FHA, FMEA, FTA, SSA, and system safety activities from a flight-dynamics perspective.
  

• Support preparation of flight-test plans, test cards, and flight-test instrumentation requirements.
  

• Analyze flight-test data and correlate simulation predictions with actual aircraft behavior.
  

• Perform parameter identification and estimation of aerodynamic and dynamic characteristics from flight data.
  

• Investigate discrepancies between simulation, ground-test, and flight-test results.
  

• Support preparation of engineering analyses and compliance evidence as per certification requirements.
  

• Prepare technical reports, analysis notes, model documentation, simulation reports, and verification evidence.
  

• Experience: 3+ years of hands-on experience in flight mechanics, dynamics, simulation and controls.
  

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering/ Aeronautical Engineering/Mechanical Engineering/Controls Engineering or a related discipline.
  

• Strong understanding of Aircraft 6-DOF equations of motion, Aerodynamics, Flight dynamics, Stability and control, Aircraft performance, Propulsion, Control systems, Numerical modelling and simulation
  

• Hands-on experience with MATLAB/Simulink.
  

• Good programming skills in Python and/or C/C++.
  

• Experience with numerical methods, data analysis, and engineering simulations.
  

• Ability to interpret aerodynamic, propulsion, and flight-test data.
  

Experience in one or more of the following will be highly desirable:

• eVTOL / VTOL, UAV / UAS
  

• Flight-control-law development
  

• Hardware-in-the-Loop simulation
  

• Real-time simulation
  

• Flight-test engineering
  

• System identification
  

• Aerodynamic modelling
  

• Wind-tunnel testing
  

• DO-178C / DO-254 environments
  

• Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
  

• The opportunity to work on a groundbreaking product that will redefine urban transportation.
  

• A dynamic, fast-paced, and collaborative work environment with a brilliant and passionate team.
  

• Competitive salary and benefits.
  

• A culture of innovation where your ideas can directly impact the future of flight.