Flight Control Laws – Senior Handling Qualities Engineer
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Senior
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About the company:
Using the 7-Seater Lilium Jet, an electric vertical take-off and landing jet, offering leading capacity, low noise and high performance, Lilium is building a transport network and service for people and goods. Working in partnership with world-leading aerospace, technology, and infrastructure partners, commercial operations are set to launch in 2024.
Lilium’s 700+ strong team includes over 400 aerospace engineers and a leadership responsible for delivering some of the most successful aircraft in aviation history. Founded in 2015, Lilium’s headquarters and manufacturing facilities are in Munich, Germany, with teams based across Europe and the U.S.
A career at Lilium is for those who want to do something extraordinary. We take pride in pushing the boundaries of engineering, technology and customer experience.
As part of a team, you will tackle challenges and deliver something that has never been done before. By joining Lilium you will have the opportunity to work with a world-class entrepreneurial team of more than 800 people who are as passionate about changing the world as you are.
You will always act with safety and integrity in mind and embody our core behaviors of efficient and positive collaboration, ownership of time, continuous improvements and, ultimately delivering results.
We thrive on diversity and creating an inclusive culture, with more than 50 nationalities currently working hard to bring our vision of a sustainable world to life.
Flight Control Laws – Senior Handling Qualities Engineer
In this position you will become part of our talented Flight Control Laws team with direct report to our Lead Handling Qualities Engineer. This role is focused on the Handling Qualities aspects in Subpart B of the applicable certification specifications.
As a Handling Qualities engineer, you will contribute the definition of aircraft requirements, the development of the Handling Qualities certification plan, and the planning of the flight test campaign. You will be involved in the complete lifecycle of handling qualities requirements: from preliminary trade-off studies to the final evaluation of compliance on the real aircraft. Your day-to-day activities will require frequent interaction with other transversal disciplines such as Flight Physics, Modeling and Simulation, Flight Test, and Airworthiness teams.
Lilium welcomes people from all over the world. We are a multinational company and happy to support our new top talents with relocation. We have helped our new hires to meet their Visa criteria and successfully settle in Munich.
Your Day to Day:
- Defining handling qualities requirements for aircraft sizing and flight control laws design
- Performing trade-off studies to support Chief Engineering and Business Department
- Defining handling qualities verification criteria (Mission Task Elements)
- Developing means of compliance for flight envelopes and flight characteristics (SC VTOL Subpart B certification)
- Preparing Simulator and Flight Test Requests, in liaison with our Flight Test team
- Evaluating handling qualities in the simulator (pilot-in-the-loop)
- Supporting Flight Tests and analyzing test results
- Collating evidence for certification and presenting it to the Authorities
Your profile:
- M. Sc. in aeronautical engineering or similar degree
- At least 5 years professional experience in Flight Dynamics and Handling Qualities
- Proven experience in helicopter subpart B certification (EASA CS 27, CS 29)
- Experience in Flight Testing would also be beneficial
- Good knowledge of Control Theory
- Good skills in Matlab/Simulink
- High level of self-reliance and an autonomous target-oriented work style is a must
- Target-oriented, driven workstyle with analytic problem-solving skills required
- Fluent English language skills are essential, Fluent German or any other language would be beneficial
- Private Pilot or Glider Pilot training is a plus
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Life at Lilium:
You are joining us as we are building our global footprint. While the current COVID-19 restrictions mean that many of us are working remotely, we are still making the most out of this time. Meet fellow colleagues via our culture club sessions and free weekly yoga classes!
Lilium is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all qualified individuals regardless of ethnicity, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.
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