Job Responsibilities :
Lead, mentor, and develop a team of flight mechanics and
control engineers
- Collaborate with other departments, such as aerodynamics,
structures, and systems engineering.
- Manage multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring on-time and
on-budget delivery
- Set performance goals and provide regular feedback
- Manage the team's budget and resources
- Developing project plans, setting goals and milestones, and
allocating resources effectively.
- Assigning tasks to team members, monitoring progress, and
ensuring tasks are completed on time and within scope.
- Develop mathematical models for aircraft flight dynamics of
fixed-wing, rotary-wing, and hybrid platforms.
- Design and optimize flight control laws including autopilot control
laws and stability augmentation systems.
- Analyze and evaluate aircraft stability, controllability, and
aerodynamic performance under various conditions.
- Create high-fidelity simulations for the aircraft systems.
- Simulate mission scenarios to validate aircraft performance and
mission feasibility.
- Develop software-in-the-loop (SIL) test facilities.
- Design, build, and test of Systems Integration Labs for systems
integration, software, and hardware-in-the-loop testing of Flight
Control, Avionics, Electrical, and Actuation Systems including
Fly-By-Wire Flight Control Systems
Tech Skills Required :
Provide expert guidance on flight mechanics, control theory, and aerospace engineering principles.
Experience in full lifecycle development including system requirements, design, system-level integration, validation, and verification
Familiar with safety critical development including ARP4754, DO-178B/C and DO-254 or equivalent stringent process requirements and regulatory frame works of FAA/EASA/DGCA.
Strong understanding of flight dynamics, kinematics, and control
theory.
Hands-on experience with flight control system element design,
testing and tuning.
Good understanding of linear and nonlinear systems
Expertise in handling reliable flight control sensors, inceptors,
Strong oral and written communication skills to work with both technical and non-technical team members
Demonstrated experience understanding aircraft missions and
translating these into system use cases and requirements for the development of flight controls systems.
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
Knowledge in basic Physics, Mechanical Mechanisms, Electric power train and Electronic Circuits
Preferred Qualification & Experience
Bachelor's Degree in Aerospace / Aeronautical / Mechanical /
Electrical / Instrumentation Engineering or related field and 14+
years of experience leading the architecture, design, and
integration of military and commercial flight controls systems
which include hardware, software and actuators
Or
- Master's Degree in Aerospace / Aeronautical / Mechanical /
Electrical / Instrumentation Engineering or related field and 12+
years of experience leading the architecture, design, and
integration of military and commercial flight controls systems
which include hardware, software and actuators
Or
- PhD in Aerospace / Aeronautical / Mechanical / Electrical /
Instrumentation Engineering or related field and 10+ years of
experience leading the architecture, design, and integration of
military and commercial flight controls systems which include
hardware, software and actuators
Location : Chennai
