Loads and Dynamics Engineer

Position Overview

Seeking an experienced engineer to support aircraft development, analysis, integration, and certification, with emphasis on external loads, flight dynamics, aeroelasticity, simulation/modeling, and flight-control integration. The role supports both new aircraft development and continued-airworthiness programs and works closely with Structures, Aerodynamics, Flight Controls, Systems, Mass Properties, and Flight Test teams.

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.