Wisk · 7 hours ago
Sr Staff Stability, Control and Aerodynamics Engineer
Mountain View, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$205K/yr - $241K/yr
8+ years expWisk is transforming the future of urban mobility through safe, all-electric, autonomous flight. They are seeking a Senior Staff Engineer to join the flight physics team, focusing on developing and certifying the Gen 6 aircraft for the autonomous air taxi market.
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Responsibilities
Create, improve and run in-house tools to perform linear and non-linear stability and control analysis, estimate critical performance parameters, such as range, stall speeds, optimized climb profiles, aerodynamics characteristics, and validate our tools with test data from wind tunnels, subscale aircraft and flight test
Develop, integrate and validate physics-based performance models that include mathematical models of various rotorcraft components (tilt rotors, vertical rotors, batteries, fuselage) to fully represent all aspects of flight and critical systems of the Gen 6 aircraft to support flight test and certification activities
Participate in wind-tunnel and flight testing and analyze data to support performance and aerodynamics database validation
Suggest, develop, and improve tools & processes for performance analysis and optimization of flight mission planning for an autonomous aircraft
Author and/or review methodology documents, white papers and/or cert plans to support certification with FAR Part 21/23/27/91/135 requirements
Engage proactively with engineering leaders to ensure alignment, and clear communication of solutions and issues
You will take part in supporting the development of Gen 6 aircraft by ensuring that the aircraft is able to meet product, certification and safety requirements
Qualification
Required
12 years of industry experience in aircraft and/or rotorcraft development, with a Bachelor's degree; or 8 years and a Master's degree; or a PhD with 5 years experience; or equivalent experience
Understanding of rotorcraft and multirotor aircraft aerodynamics and vehicle stability in all modes of flight
Experience with commercial aviation development and Certification as well as rapid development of novel, complex systems
Familiarity with aerodynamic data base creation and tools such as CFD, wind tunnel testing, data processing, and flight matching
Experience with aerodynamic design and analysis of aircraft to meet performance goals
Experience creating vehicle simulation models that support certification compliance showing
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
You are excited to learn about the team, and leverage the hard learned lessons of the past 14+ years of eVTOL development here at Wisk
Preferred
Experience with multiple objective optimization and trade-off studies
Aeromechanics and/or rotor dynamics experience
Familiarity with Matlab/Simulink, Python and C/C++
Familiarity with Jira, Git, or other software product lifecycle management tools
Been part of a program, or programs, working on a clean sheet novel aircraft from concept design to certification
Electric engine performance analysis and compliance showing
Previous FAA Part 23/25 and/or Part 27 certification program experience preferred
FAA Flight Analyst Designated Engineering Representative (DER) for Part 23/25/27
Knowledge of rotorcraft performance and the theories associated with propeller and rotor-driven propulsion
Benefits
Competitive base salary
Annual bonus
Long term incentive
401K
Health benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Life insurance
9 off Fridays for full-time employees throughout the year
Flexible vacation time off
11 company holidays
401(k) plan with 50% company matching vested immediately
Commuter assistance
Education assistance
Free catered lunches
Flight lessons
Wellness allowances
Snacks
Drinks
Employee referral bonus
Charitable giving match
Patent bonus program
Company
Wisk
Wisk is a leading Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) company and developer of the first all-electric, autonomous, passenger-carrying air taxi in the U.S.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
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$450MKey Investors
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2022-01-24Corporate Round· $450M
2019-06-25Series A
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