Responsibilities
- Participate in early aircraft design trade studies, and lead trade studies focused on flight physics domains
- Design aerodynamic surfaces and propulsor elements for high performance while meeting aircraft constraints
- Design and evaluate flight trajectories subject to control authority limits and performance constraints as part of aircraft trade studies
- Generate models of aerodynamic characteristics of both proven and novel aircraft using appropriate physical models (e.g. vortex lattice, integral boundary layer, CFD)
- Collaborate with simulation team to distill aerodynamic models into appropriate format for real time simulation
- Serve as a subject matter expert in aeropropulsive interaction and thrust-drag accounting
- Generate aeroelastic models and participate in the aeroservoelastic evaluation loop with subject matter experts from GNC
- Specify necessary ground and flight test experiments and collaborate with technical and production teams to produce test articles and procedures.
- Participate in the evaluation of flight test data to perform system identification and validate models.
Requirements
- An advanced degree (PhD/MS/MEng) in a related discipline and 2+ yrs relevant industry experience.
- Intuitive grasp of high lift and propulsively coupled aerodynamic flowfields
- Fundamental and expert-level understanding of different aerodynamic modeling techniques and approaches, including vortex lattice, nonlinear lifting line, blade element momentum and CFD.
- Experience specifying ground or flight test experiments for comparison to flight physics predictions
- Expert-level knowledge and experience with aero modeling technique selection based on the requirements of different applications.
- Expert-level knowledge of fixed wing aircraft dynamics and application to advanced concept aircraft
- Familiarity and proficiency with Python.
- Experience with aeroelastic modeling, e.g. ASWING
- Working knowledge of aircraft guidance and control
- This position must meet US export control compliance requirements, therefore a candidate must qualify as a "US Person" as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.15. "US Person" includes US Citizens, lawful permanent residents, refugees, or asylees.
Nice to Have
- Demonstrated flight vehicle prototyping experience
- Experience with a high-performance language (e.g. Fortran or C++)
- Surrogate modeling experience
Benefits
- paid time off
- healthcare benefits
- a 401(k) plan with a company match
- an employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
- short-term and long-term disability coverage
- life insurance
Additional Information
- Compensation at Joby is a combination of base pay and Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).
- The target base pay for this position is $164,900 - $225,000/yr.
- The compensation package will be determined by job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
