Airworthiness Engineer – Flight Control Systems

The ePlane Company; Chennai District; Sur place; INR 1 500 000 - 3 000 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

The ePlane Company is seeking a design assurance specialist for safety of flight controls in its VTOL propulsion aircraft. You will interact with design teams to ensure DGCA design requirements for Type Certification are met, focusing on control law design, flight dynamics, and FBW systems.

Required are a bachelor’s degree in avionics/aerospace/electrical engineering and hands-on experience with flight control laws, modeling, and software tools like MATLAB/Simulink.

Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor’s degree in avionics, aerospace, electrical, or related field.
• Experience in design assurance, flight control law design, and DGCA-type certification.
• Knowledge of ARP4754A/4761A/DO-178C/DO-254 highly desirable.
• Working knowledge of fixed/rotary wing, UAV, or VTOL flight controls.

Responsabilités

• Interact with design groups to ensure DGCA compliance for Type Certification.
• Develop and validate control laws and flight dynamics models.
• Analyze flight control system performance through testing and data analysis.

Connaissances

Control Law Design

Flight Dynamics

Flight Control Systems

MATLAB/Simulink

C++

Flight Testing

DS/Modeling

Formation

Bachelor's in Avionics/Aerospace/Electrical Engineering

Master's degree (nice to have)

Outils

X-Plane

Gazebo

Description du poste

The Airworthiness group at ePlane company is looking for someone in design assurance and safety of flight controls systems for ePlane’s electric propulsion VTOL aircraft, to interact with ePlane design groups for the compliance of DGCA’s applicable design requirements for the Type Certification of the aircraft.

Technical Skills

Control Law Design & Development: Experience in designing and developing control laws for VTOL aircraft, including trajectory optimization.

Flight Dynamics & Simulation: Ability to develop and analyze flight dynamic models for simulation.

Flight Control Systems: Experience with Fly-By-Wire (FBW) flight control systems and actuator/motor control loops.

Software & Programming: Proficiency in MATLAB, Simulink, C++, and flight simulation software like X-Plane and Gazebo.

Flight Testing & Data Analysis: Experience in flight testing, system identification, and post-flight analysis.

Must-Have:

A Bachelor’s degree in Avionics Engineering/ Aerospace Engineering/ Electrical Engineering/ Electrical & Electronics Engineering or a related field is required.

Working experience in fixed/rotary wing aircraft/UAV/VTOL Flight control law design, flight dynamics modeling, integration and troubleshooting.

Experience in developing safety critical analysis for flight controls systems

Knowledge in DGCA rules & regulations specifically on aircraft Type Certification, design organization approval and ITSO authorisation.

Experience with ARP4754A/4761A/ DO178C/DO 160G/DO-254 standards

Good to Have

Master’s degree in Flight Control Systems or Aerospace Engineering.

Understanding of CS/FAR-23 or CS/FAR-27 regulations of EASA / FAA

Prior experience in working on Type certification and ITSO authorisation

Knowledge of Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Root Cause Analysis (RCA), and Lean methodologies.

Experience in maintenance, reliability analysis, and risk assessment.

Understanding of Prototype manufacturing of aircraft

Knowledge in preparation of technical documents and manuals for the type certification.

Personality Traits

1. Written and verbal communication in English