Aircraft Designer

eRC-System

Ottobrunn, Germany

JOB DESCRIPTION

We are looking for an Aircraft Designer to join our Advanced Aircraft Design Team. This team is tasked with taking aircraft concepts from initial idea through to preliminary design. As a member of the aircraft design team, you will conduct trade-off studies on various aircraft layouts and configurations for future projects. Your responsibilities will also include contributing to basic sizing and lofting, with a focus on factors such as efficiency, stability, and controllability. To achieve this, you will utilize handbook, simple, and advanced design methods.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

Collect and analyse mission and performance requirements to inform design objectives;
Execute aircraft layout and configuration studies to ensure optimal design solutions;
Perform basic aircraft sizing and lofting to establish preliminary design parameters;
Conduct effector sizing and evaluate handling qualities to ensure stability and control;
Design and position landing gear systems to meet structural and operational needs;
Estimate weight fractions and centre of gravity to ensure balanced and efficient aircraft design;
Apply handbook methods and sizing codes to ensure compliance with industry standards and best practices;
Conduct and analyse trade- off studies to optimize aircraft performance;
Evaluate and decide on next concept designs based on project requirements and feasibility studies;
Develop and extend design tools to integrate higher fidelity and accuracy in the design process.

YOUR PROFILE

you should …

Hold a Master’s degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering or a related field;
Have at least 3 years of extensive experience and understanding of conceptual aircraft design workflow as well as preliminary design;
Have experience working with Xfoil, XFLR5, AVL, OpenVSP or/and similar tools;
Bring good knowledge of a CAD system (Siemens NX is preferred);
Have professional used Python or equivalent programming knowledge (Ansys APDL, MATLAB);
Have extensive experience in handbook and simple sizing methods;
Be target-oriented with the ability to work in a team as well as autonomously;
Have excellent communication and technical writing skills;
Be fluent in English language.