Senior Flight Dynamics Engineer

We are looking for a Senior Flight Dynamics Engineer who will:

Enjoy working with a world class team comprised of leading aerospace and technology thinkers as well as some of the finest engineering talent. Of course, you will possess or be able to rapidly adopt a passion for sustainable aviation and it’s benefits for both society and sustainability.

Vertical is a values-led business that embraces diversity in all its forms in particular diversity of thought. Vertical is committed to building an industry leading team offering global perspectives that represent the communities it serves.

You will relish the challenge of developing new standards and methods in the field through a fusion of applying their expertise in established aerospace processes and the new and innovative approaches that this novel space demands.

The responsibilities and duties of the Senior Flight Dynamics Engineer will be as follows:

• Developing technical requirements and planning/executing analyses in support of those requirements, as well as verification and validation of those requirements
• Creating innovative solutions to ensure our aircraft flies, handles and performs to requirements
• Conducting a wide variety of analyses in the flight dynamics domain to support colleagues, suppliers and partner organisations to deliver on our objectives
• Provide technical leadership and act as a mentor to more junior team members
• Develop a strategy for and then build our tools, methods and processes in the flight dynamics domain
• Work collaboratively with colleagues to develop the process to rapidly synthesise flight test data to create and update predicted results and enable rapid and safe flight test progression

The successful Senior Flight Dynamics Engineer will have the following Experience & Qualifications:

• 10+ years of applicable experience
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Aerospace/Aeronautical Engineering or other relevant discipline
• Expert knowledge of fixed-wing flight dynamics, stability and control
• Familiarity with handling qualities requirements for fixed wing aircraft
• Demonstrable experience of holding positions of responsibility for aircraft stability & control and handling qualities in prior certification programmes (e.g. CVE, other signatory and/or authorship responsibilities)
• Ability to apply your knowledge to small vehicles of novel design and operational characteristics
• Proficiency in MATLAB and Excel
• Strong technical writing and presentation skills and an ability to clearly communicate conclusions from large and complex datasets
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work in a small, motivated team
• Knowledge of rotary-wing flight dynamics, stability and control and performance, rotary wing handling qualities, and the theories associated with propeller and rotor-driven propulsion
• Practical flight test experience and understanding of flight test instrumentation
• Hold Chartered Engineer status
• Private piloting experience

This is an on-going advert and interviews will be held on an ad-hoc basis until sufficient applications have been received.