Key Responsibilities

- Lead the Hybrid Power &
- Energy Systems IPT and ensure alignment with aircraft program objectives.

- Own scope, schedule, cost, quality, and technical delivery.

- Coordinate across Propulsion, Electrical Systems, Thermal Management, Flight Controls, and Avionics teams.

- Serve as the primary technical interface with customers, suppliers, and stakeholders.

System Architecture &

- Design

- Define hybrid-electric propulsion architectures, including battery systems, electric motors, generators, power electronics, and energy management systems.

- Perform system sizing, trade studies, energy flow analysis, and efficiency optimization.

- Develop and manage System Requirement Documents (SRD), Interface Control Documents (ICD), and power distribution architectures.

Integration &

- Systems Engineering

- Lead integration of electrical propulsion, power distribution, and thermal management systems.

- Ensure compatibility with aircraft electrical networks, flight controls, structural constraints, and avionics systems.

- Drive Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) practices throughout development.

Verification, Validation &

- Testing

- Define and execute MIL, HIL, ground, and flight test validation strategies.

- Validate system performance, energy efficiency, thermal behavior, reliability, and safety.

- Ensure complete requirements traceability from design to validation.

Certification &

- Compliance

- Lead certification activities in accordance with FAA, EASA, and DGCA requirements.

- Ensure compliance with ARP4754A, ARP4761, and DO-160 standards.

- Support evolving certification requirements for electric and hybrid propulsion systems.

- Manage compliance documentation, safety assessments, and test reports.

Safety &

- Reliability Engineering

- Conduct FHA, FMEA, and FTA activities.





- Ensure battery safety, thermal runaway mitigation, fault tolerance, redundancy, and robust energy management strategies.

- Drive reliability-focused system design and risk mitigation.

Stakeholder Management

- Present architecture concepts, performance metrics, and risk mitigation plans to customers and leadership teams.

- Support RFQs, proposals, effort estimation, and technology roadmap development.

Risk &

- Configuration Management

- Identify and mitigate electrical, thermal, and integration risks.

- Ensure adherence to configuration management and change control processes.

- Manage dependencies across IPTs and development teams.

Required Qualifications

Education:

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Energy Systems, or Power Electronics.

Experience:

- 12-18+ years of experience in aerospace, automotive EV, or energy systems domains.

- Robust experience in hybrid/electric propulsion systems and advanced mobility programs.

- Proven leadership experience managing cross-functional IPT teams.

Technical Skills

- Hybrid propulsion architectures and energy storage technologies.

- Battery systems, power electronics, and electrical machines.

- Energy management, optimization, and thermal management systems.

- MATLAB/Simulink, PSCAD, AMESim, and MBSE tools (Cameo, Rhapsody).

- Knowledge of ARP4754A, ARP4761, DO-160, high-voltage aerospace systems, and EMI/EMC considerations.

Preferred Skills

- Experience in eVTOL, UAV, or Advanced Air Mobility programs.

- Exposure to sustainable aviation technologies and hydrogen fuel cells.

- Familiarity with PLM tools such as 3DX and Teamcenter.

Reporting Structure

Reports To: Chief Engineer / Program Manager

Leads: Hybrid Power &

- Energy Systems IPT (Electrical, Battery, Integration, and V&V; Engineers)

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