Aircraft Designer (m/f/d)
(full-time, starting as soon as possible, permanent contract)
Realize your dream of doing exceptional things and join us on our mission to solve the time and cost dilemma in medical patient transportation. We at ERC are exclusively developing an eVTOL (electric Vertical Take-off and Landing Aircraft) that transports patients three times faster than an ambulance and at one-third of the cost of a helicopter. We work hard to achieve this goal – with passion, a pioneering spirit, and strong partners, our first demonstrator successfully took off in 2023. "We are ready for take-off, are you ready to fly with us?"
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
Moreover, we appreciate if you...
- Have hands-on experience building aircraft in general.
- Already implemented Aircraft Design Tools.
- Have experience with other Aircraft Design Tools: SUAVE, FAST, …
INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKAGE
- A young, highly motivated and passionate team
- Flat hierarchies and learning-from-mistakes approach
- Strong company culture in an international environment
- The possibility to shape the future with us
- Regular team events
- Flexible working hours and hybrid working model
- Excellent career opportunities and regular feedback
- Attractive training programs, individual training budget and language courses
- Weekly fresh fruit and beverages
- 30 days of vacation
- Canteen service with company support
- Gym offer with company support
- Modern newly renovated office
- Very good access to public transport and free parking spaces