Senior Aircraft Design Engineer

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