Job Description
Job Description
As the Lead Loads Engineer, you will be responsible for defining, analyzing, and validating loads across all phases of flight and ground operations. Your work will directly influence the structural integrity, safety, and performance of the aircraft, from design through to certification and testing. This role requires an expert with deep experience in loads analysis, structural dynamics, and aeromechanics, ensuring that the aircraft meets all strength and stiffness requirements. You will be part of a multidisciplinary team, collaborating closely with aerodynamics, flight dynamics, flutter, and structural engineering teams.
Duties :
cases across all flight phases (hover, transition, forward flight, ground operations, etc.).
structural teams to ensure compliance with design and safety goals.
conditions, ensuring aircraft integrity.
and structural requirements.
industry best practices.
surface and actuation system designs for load management.
predictions and providing recommendations for design improvements.
structural integrity and safety
Requirements :
focus on rotorcraft, fixed-wing, or eVTOL aircraft.
eVTOL or rotorcraft.
applications.
teams.
to diverse technical stakeholders
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Engineering Lead • San Luis Obispo, CA, US