Flight Mechanics Engineer (Modelling & Simulation)

Roles and Responsibilities As a Flight Mechanics Engineer (Modeling and Simulation), the following work area and skill sets awaits you: 1. Aircraft Flight Mechanics & Dynamics - 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. 2. Modeling & Simulation - 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. 3. Aircraft Performance & Handling Qualities - 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. 4. Flight-Test & Data Analysis - 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. 5. Certification & Technical Documentation - Support preparation of engineering analyses and compliance evidence as per certification requirements. - Prepare technical reports, analysis notes, model documentation, simulation reports, and verification evidence. Requirements Required Qualifications (Must-Haves) - 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. Preferred Qualifications (Good-to-Haves) 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) Benefits - 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.