Joby Aviation
Senior Autonomy Flight Physics Engineer
$165K–$225K
Santa Cruz, CA · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2024
- Experience
- 2+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Education
- Advanced degree (PhD/MS/MEng) in a related discipline.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must qualify as a “US Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.15; includes US Citizens, lawful permanent residents, refugees, or asylees.
About the job
Develops and validates aerodynamic, propulsion, and aeroelastic models for aircraft design, autonomy, simulation, and flight-test applications.
What you'll do
- Lead flight-physics trade studies and design aerodynamic surfaces, propulsors, and flight trajectories within aircraft constraints.
- Generate aerodynamic and aeroelastic models and adapt them for real-time simulation.
- Specify and evaluate ground and flight tests to validate models, including system identification from flight-test data.
What they ask for
- Advanced degree (PhD/MS/MEng) in a related discipline and 2+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Expert understanding of aerodynamic modeling techniques, including vortex lattice, nonlinear lifting line, blade element momentum, and CFD.
- Experience specifying ground or flight test experiments; expert knowledge of aero-modeling technique selection and fixed-wing aircraft dynamics.
- Proficiency with Python; experience with aeroelastic modeling (e.g. ASWING); working knowledge of aircraft guidance and control.
- Must qualify as a “US Person” under 22 C.F.R. § 120.15.
Nice to have
- Demonstrated flight vehicle prototyping experience.
- Experience with a high-performance language (e.g. Fortran or C++) or surrogate modeling.
Pay
$164,900 - $225,000/yr (base salary)
Tools
Python, vortex lattice, nonlinear lifting line, blade element momentum, CFD, ASWING, Fortran, C++
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