Airworthiness Engineer u2013 Flight Control Systems

The Eplane Company; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

The Airworthiness group at ePlane company is seeking a design assurance engineer to contribute to the safety of flight controls for the electric propulsion VTOL aircraft, liaising with design teams to ensure DGCA design requirements are met for Type Certification.

You will analyze control laws, develop flight dynamics models, and support verification activities across ARP/DO standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Avionics, Aerospace, Electrical or related field.
• Experience in fixed/rotary wing aircraft/UAV/VTOL flight control law design.
• Experience developing safety-critical analysis for flight controls.
• Knowledge of DGCA rules for Type Certification, DO178C/DO-254 standards and ITSO authorisation.

Responsibilities

• Interact with ePlane design groups to ensure compliance with DGCA Type Certification requirements.
• Contribute to design assurance and safety of flight controls for VTOL aircraft.
• Support development and verification across ARP/4761A/4754A standards and flight testing data analysis.

Skills

Control Law Design

Flight Dynamics Modeling

Flight Control Systems

Software Programming

Flight Testing Data Analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Avionics Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering

Tools

MATLAB

Simulink

C++

X-Plane

Gazebo

Job description

Job Summary

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

• Written and verbal communication in English.
• Capacity to work independently.
• Multi-tasking.

Job Location

Chennai

Experience

3 to 5 years