Loads & Flight Dynamics Engineer (Flight Controls)

Sogeclair; Wichita (KS); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Sogeclair in Wichita, KS seeks an experienced aerospace engineer to support aircraft development, analysis, integration, and certification, focusing on external loads, flight dynamics, aeroelasticity, simulation, and flight-control integration. Collaborate with Structures, Aerodynamics, Flight Controls, Systems, Mass Properties, and Flight Test teams to deliver certified aircraft products.

The role involves model development, validation against test data, and preparation of certification

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering.
• Experience in loads, flight dynamics, aeroelasticity, or related field.
• Strong MATLAB/Simulink and programming skills.

Responsibilities

• Analyze aircraft design and external loads: aerodynamic, control-surface, inertial, maneuver and gust loads.
• Develop and maintain aircraft simulation models for loads, flight dynamics and aeroelastic analysis; integrate fly-by-wire and flight-control models.
• Develop, assess and verify control laws (CLAWS), flight-control systems, autopilot and stability-and-control functions using MATLAB/Simulink.
• Evaluate aeroelastic behavior including flutter/LCO, unsteady aerodynamics and nonlinear actuators.
• Conduct simulation and pilot-in-the-loop testing; correlate models with ground- and flight-test data.
• Develop automated analysis tools and support avionics/flight-control integration; prepare certification documentation.
• Ensure analyses support FAA, EASA, TCCA airworthiness and certification requirements.

Skills

MATLAB/Simulink

Flight dynamics

Aeroelasticity

External loads

C++

Python

Fortran

Fly-by-wire

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Aerospace Engineering or Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Nastran

Job description

Sogeclair in Wichita, KS seeks an experienced aerospace engineer to support aircraft development, analysis, integration, and certification, focusing on external loads, flight dynamics, aeroelasticity, simulation, and flight-control integration. Collaborate with Structures, Aerodynamics, Flight Controls, Systems, Mass Properties, and Flight Test teams to deliver certified aircraft products.

The role involves model development, validation against test data, and preparation of certification