Roles and Responsibilities

As a Flight Mechanics Engineer (verification and validation), the following work area and skill sets awaits you:

1. Aircraft Flight Mechanics & Dynamics

- Test the 6-DOF nonlinear aircraft flight-dynamics models to their

- Develop mathematical models for aircraft rigid-body dynamics, aerodynamics, propulsion, actuators, landing gear, and environmental effects.

- Perform aircraft trim, stability, control, and performance analyses across the flight envelope.

- Determine and analyse aerodynamic derivatives, stability derivatives, control derivatives, and propulsion characteristics.

- Perform longitudinal, lateral, and directional stability and controllability assessments.

- Analyse control-system performance, stability margins, actuator utilisation, and control authority.

- Run Software-in-the-Loop (SIL) and Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) iron-bird, and flight-test simulations.

- Compare simulation results against flight test or analytical data and generate reports.

- Design test cases, write test scripts and verification procedures etc..

2. Modelling & Simulation

- Develop and maintain testing environments using MATLAB/Simulink, Python, C/C++, or equivalent tools.

- Test and mature the aircraft, propulsion, actuator, sensor, environment, and flight-control models.

- Perform model correlation against wind-tunnel, component-test, ground-test, and flight-test data.

- Establish model validation processes.

- Evolve aircraft response characteristics such as Time constants, Natural frequencies, Control response, Hover and transition response etc.

- Develop and simulate failure, fault, and degraded-mode scenarios.

- Support FHA, FMEA, FTA, SSA, and system safety activities from a flight-dynamics perspective.

3. Flight-Test & Data Analysis





- Analyse flight-test data and correlate simulation predictions with actual aircraft behaviour.

- Investigate discrepancies between simulation, ground-test, and flight-test results.

4. Certification & Technical Documentation

- Support preparation of engineering analyses and compliance evidence as per certification requirements.

- Prepare technical reports, analysis notes, model documentation, simulation reports, and verification evidence.

Requirements

Required Qualifications (Must-Haves)

- Experience: 2+ years of hands-on experience in testing of flight mechanics, dynamics, simulation and control system.

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering/ Aeronautical Engineering/Mechanical Engineering/Controls Engineering or a related discipline.

- Strong understanding of Aircraft 6-DOF equations of motion, Aerodynamics, Flight dynamics, Stability and control, Aircraft performance, Propulsion, Control systems, Numerical modelling and simulation

- Hands-on experience with MATLAB/Simulink.

- Good programming skills in Python and/or C/C++.

- Experience with testing and validation methods, data analysis, and engineering simulations.

- Ability to interpret aerodynamic, propulsion, and flight-test data.

Preferred Qualifications (Good-to-Haves)

Experience in one or more of the following will be highly desirable:

- eVTOL / VTOL, UAV / UAS

- Hardware-in-the-Loop simulation

- Real-time simulation

- Flight-test engineering

- System identification

- Wind-tunnel testing

- DO-178C / DO-254 environments

- Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)

Benefits

- The opportunity to work on a groundbreaking product that will redefine urban transportation.

- A dynamic, fast-paced, and collaborative work environment with a brilliant and passionate team.

- Competitive salary and advantages.

- A culture of innovation where your ideas can directly impact the future of flight.

📌 Flight Mechanics V&V Engineer (Chennai)
🏢 Ubifly Technologies
📍 Chennai