About the role: We are seeking a Senior Aircraft Design Engineer (eVTOL) with 8+ years of experience to own aircraftlevel design, integration, and certification readiness for our eVTOL platform. This role is not a component designer role. You will act as an aircraft architect and technical authority, responsible for ensuring that configuration, performance, stability, propulsion integration, and certification constraints converge into a viable, certifiable aircraft. You will define design philosophy, build internal tools, mentor engineers, and serve as a primary technical interface to regulators and leadership. Key Responsibilities: Lead aircraft-level architecture and configuration design for eVTOL platforms, including lift-cruise propulsion layout, transition concepts, wing–propeller–empennage integration, landing gear, and ground operations. Drive configuration trade studies considering performance, noise, safety, redundancy, mass properties, and certification feasibility across all flight phases (VTOL, transition, cruise, approach, and landing). Drive aerodynamic concept definition and performance modelling, addressing propeller–airframe interaction, hover download, transition aerodynamics, edgewise flight, OEI conditions, and missionlevel range and endurance. Drive air foil and planform strategies balancing hover efficiency, cruise performance, noise, and regulatory constraints, ensuring physics-based use of CFD to support design decisions. Lead stability, control, and handling qualities definition across hover, transition, and forward flight, including control allocation, degraded modes, and compliance with FAA/EASA/SC-VTOL/DGCA requirements. Act as the aircraft-level systems integrator, applying MBSE principles to manage requirement flowdown, interface control, and cross-disciplinary trade-offs across propulsion, structures, flight controls, energy storage, and avionics.Develop and interpret low- to mid-fidelity aero-structural models to guide configuration decisions, assess modal behaviour, and support load paths, flutter awareness, and certification alignment. Develop, validate, and own in-house aircraft design and analysis tools for sizing, performance, stability, and propulsion matching, establishing best practices and fidelity roadmaps, integrated with Multi-Disciplinary Optimization (MDO) methodologies. Lead/Assist in aircraft-level certification strategy, compliance planning, and technical substantiation, serving as one of the interfaces with regulatory authorities and embedding certification constraints early in the design. Support flight test planning, data correlation, design validation, envelope expansion, and continued airworthiness activities. Act as a technical authority and mentor, leading design reviews, guiding junior engineers, and influencing long-term aircraft platform and technology roadmaps. Qualifications: Bachelor’s or master’s degree in aerospace engineering or a related field. 8+ years of experience in aircraft design, preferably with a focus on eVTOL. Solid understanding of aerodynamics, aircraft structures, and propulsion systems, with hands-on experience in design and analysis. Experience with simulation & modelling tools (e.g., Starccm+, NX, MATLAB, Simulink) for performance analysis and optimization. Knowledge of relevant aviation regulations and certification processes (e.g., FAA, EASA) is highly desirable. Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to analyse complex engineering problems and propose effective solutions. Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment. A passion for innovation, sustainable aviation, and the future of eVTOL aircraft. Prior involvement in a certified or certification-bound aircraft program.Preferred Qualifications: • Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field. • Direct experience in the design and development of composite materials for aircraft structures. • Hands-on experience with electric propulsion systems for aircraft. • Expertise in lightweight materials and composites used in aircraft design, including advanced manufacturing techniques. • Previous experience in a startup or fast-paced engineering environment. • Strong background in the aero structural design and optimization of aircraft components.
Pay: ₹800,000.00 - ₹2,500,000.00 per year
Work Location: In person
