Roles and Responsibilities As a Flight Mechanics Engineer (Modeling and Simulation), the following work area and skill sets awaits you: 1. Aircraft Flight Mechanics & Dynamics • Develop and maintain 6-DOF nonlinear aircraft flight-dynamics models. • Develop mathematical models for aircraft rigid-body dynamics, aerodynamics, propulsion, actuators, landing gear, and environmental effects. • Perform aircraft trim, stability, control, and performance analyses across the flight envelope. • Determine and analyze aerodynamic derivatives, stability derivatives, control derivatives, and propulsion characteristics. • Perform longitudinal, lateral, and directional stability and controllability assessments. • Conduct performance studies including take-off, climb, cruise, descent, transition, hover/VTOL, range, endurance, and landing as applicable. • Develop flight-mechanics models and analysis required for flight-control-law development. • Generate trim points, linearised models, aerodynamic derivatives, and operating-point data for control-law design. Evolve gain scheduling, control allocation, control mixing, and mode-transition logic development. • Analyze control-system performance, stability margins, actuator utilization, and control authority. • Support SIL, MIL, PIL, HIL, iron-bird, and flight-test simulations. 2. Modeling & Simulation • Develop models at appropriate levels of fidelity ranging from conceptual/low-fidelity models to high-fidelity nonlinear simulations. • Develop and maintain simulation environments using MATLAB/Simulink, Python, C/C++, or equivalent tools. • Implement aircraft, propulsion, actuator, sensor, environment, and flight-control models. • Perform model correlation against wind-tunnel, component-test, ground-test, and flight-test data. • Establish model validation processes. 3. Aircraft Performance & Handling Qualities • Perform aircraft performance analysis and establish aircraft performance databases. • Conduct handling-quality assessments and support development of handling-quality criteria. • Evaluate aircraft response characteristics such as Time constants, Natural frequencies, Control response, Hover and transition response etc. • Support development and analysis of flight-envelope boundaries. • Develop and simulate failure, fault, and degraded-mode scenarios. • Support FHA, FMEA, FTA, SSA, and system safety activities from a flight-dynamics perspective. 4. Flight-Test & Data Analysis • Support preparation of flight-test plans, test cards, and flight-test instrumentation requirements. • Analyze flight-test data and correlate simulation predictions with actual aircraft behavior. • Perform parameter identification and estimation of aerodynamic and dynamic characteristics from flight data. • Investigate discrepancies between simulation, ground-test, and flight-test results. 5. Certification & Technical Documentation • Support preparation of engineering analyses and compliance evidence as per certification requirements. • Prepare technical reports, analysis notes, model documentation, simulation reports, and verification evidence. Requirements Required Qualifications (Must-Haves) • Experience: 3+ years of hands-on experience in flight mechanics, dynamics, simulation and controls. • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering/ Aeronautical Engineering/Mechanical Engineering/Controls Engineering or a related discipline. • Strong understanding of Aircraft 6-DOF equations of motion, Aerodynamics, Flight dynamics, Stability and control, Aircraft performance, Propulsion, Control systems, Numerical modelling and simulation • Hands-on experience with MATLAB/Simulink. • Good programming skills in Python and/or C/C++. • Experience with numerical methods, data analysis, and engineering simulations. • Ability to interpret aerodynamic, propulsion, and flight-test data. Preferred Qualifications (Good-to-Haves) Experience in one or more of the following will be highly desirable: • eVTOL / VTOL, UAV / UAS • Flight-control-law development • Hardware-in-the-Loop simulation • Real-time simulation • Flight-test engineering • System identification • Aerodynamic modelling • Wind-tunnel testing • DO-178C / DO-254 environments • Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) Benefits • The opportunity to work on a groundbreaking product that will redefine urban transportation. • A dynamic, fast-paced, and collaborative work environment with a brilliant and passionate team. • Competitive salary and benefits. • A culture of innovation where your ideas can directly impact the future of flight.