Loads and Dynamics Engineer

Key Responsibilities: Analyze aircraft design and external loads, including aerodynamic, control-surface, inertial, maneuver, and gust loads. Develop and maintain aircraft simulation models for loads, flight dynamics, and aeroelastic analysis; integrate fly-by-wire and flight-control models. Develop, assess, and verify control laws (CLAWS), flight-control systems, autopilot, and stability-and-control functions using MATLAB/Simulink and related tools. Evaluate aeroelastic behavior, flutter/LCO, unsteady aerodynamics, nonlinear actuators, handling qualities, and aircraft-level performance. Conduct simulation and pilot-in-the-loop testing; correlate models with ground- and flight-test data and support flight-test campaigns. Develop automated analysis tools, support supplier avionics/flight-control integration, and prepare technical and certification documentation. Ensure analyses support applicable FAA, TCCA, and EASA airworthiness and certification requirements.

Required Qualifications: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related discipline. Professional aerospace experience in aircraft loads, flight dynamics, flight controls, aeroelasticity, or a closely related field. Experience with external loads analysis, aircraft simulation/mathematical models, and flight dynamics/stability and control. Strong MATLAB/Simulink skills; proficiency in at least one of Python, C++, or Fortran. Understanding of fly-by-wire and control-law integration, aeroelastic phenomena (including flutter/LCO), and aircraft certification. Ability to validate analysis against simulation, ground-test, or flight-test results; strong technical communication and documentation skills.

Preferred Qualifications: Control-law development or validation; Part 25 aircraft programs; DO-178, ARP4754/ARP4754A, or similar standards. Nastran or other FEA tools; 6-DOF simulation; time- and frequency-domain aerodynamic analysis; nonlinear actuator modeling. Pilot-in-the-loop/handling-quality evaluations, high-performance computing, Git or similar configuration management, and flight-test/certification support.

Ideal Candidate: A multidisciplinary engineer who combines aircraft loads, flight dynamics, and flight controls/CLAWS expertise, understands how aerodynamic, control-surface, and inertial loads interact with aircraft structures, and can use simulation models to assess aircraft behavior throughout the flight envelope.