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Flight Physics Engineer

Flight Physics Engineer

AvistratBengaluru, Karnataka, India
11 hours ago
Job description

Avistrat is a skilled talent partner for the rising Indian aerospace engineering sector. We support our partner engineering firms from large corporations to start-ups with high quality engineering talent across aerospace domains.

Overview :

This role is with one of our clients (and not with Avistrat) which is an established drone start-up . We are looking for someone with a deep interest in the physics of flight and a strong desire to be part of a dynamic team.

Position : Flight Physics Engineer (UAV)

Responsibilities :

  • Performing conceptual design and / or preliminary design for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) based on requirements from different stakeholders.
  • Collaborate and co-develop novel, certifiable systems to solve the toughest problems in electric aviation.
  • Utilization of our in-house aircraft design tools to come up with candidate designs.
  • Conduct hand calculations in aircraft performance estimates (constraint analysis, power level required etc.).
  • Work with the manufacturing team to realise certain design constraints.
  • Devise testing methodologies to validate and verify your computations / calculations.
  • Utilization of advanced mathematical AI / ML algorithms to perform aircraft-level, system-level and / or component-level optimization.

Basic Qualifications and Experience Required :

  • Bachelors (or) Masters (or) PhD with relevant experience in Aerospace related domain.
  • Minimum years of experience of 4 to 5 years
  • Expertise in aerodynamic analysis tools (e.g., XFLR5, Open VSP, XFOIL).
  • Familiarity with electric and fuel-based propulsion systems.
  • Expertise in flight dynamics and control calculations and simulations.
  • Ability to work collaboratively in interdisciplinary teams to ambitious deadlines with minimal supervision.
  • Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with attention to detail.
  • A highly motivated and focused individual with excellent communication skills.
  • Someone who undertakes a structured and analytical approach to a problem.
  • Possess excellent technical writing and documentation skills for design reviews and company records.

    • Essential Skills :

  • Experience in aircraft sizing methods – size, weight and performance estimates.
  • Experience in optimization methodologies for developing aircraft concepts based on requirements provided.
  • Strong basics in Python or C / C++ or similar coding language to develop aircraft sizing codes for aircraft sizing, performance and optimization calculations.
  • Expertise in flight dynamics and control calculations and simulations (Using tools such as MATLAB, Xplane etc.).
  • Strong base in one or more of the following fields : Aerodynamics, aircraft structures, flight mechanics, propulsion.
  • Understanding of fixed wing and rotary wing design.

    • Desired Skills :

  • Knowledge of optimization algorithms and ability to solve optimization problems in any capacity using gradient and / or non-gradient based optimization methods.
  • Exposure to working with HAPS
  • Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with attention to detail.
  • Basic understanding of propeller and motor selection.
  • Demonstrated experience in development of prototype UAVs.
  • Hands on experience with usage of aircraft design codes.
  • Understanding of aircraft performance deviation from design to actual flight.
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