& Skill Requirement Key Responsibilities 1. IPT & Program Leadership 1. Lead the Flight Sciences IPT, ensuring alignment with overall aircraft development program objectives.

- Own technical delivery, schedule, cost, and quality for aerodynamics and loads domain.
- Coordinate across Structures, Flight Controls, Propulsion, and Avionics teams.
- Act as the primary interface with customers and internal stakeholders. 2.

Aerodynamic

Design & Analysis 1. Lead aerodynamic design and optimization of aircraft components including wings, fuselage, empennage, and nacelles.

- Oversee CFD simulations, wind tunnel data correlation, drag reduction, and performance improvement initiatives.
- Conduct performance analysis (range, climb, cruise efficiency) and high-lift systems assessment for take-off and landing performance.
- Aero-Loads Development 1. Define and generate aero-loads across the flight envelope, including gust loads, maneuver loads, and ground-air loads interactions.
- Ensure proper integration with structural design and sizing teams.
- Develop certification load cases, loads envelopes, and critical conditions. 4.

Flight

Dynamics & Agile Behavior 1. Lead flight dynamics modeling and simulation, including stability and control analysis and handling qualities evaluation.

- Evaluate aircraft response to disturbances, gusts, turbulence, and dynamic behavior.
- Collaborate with Flight Control teams on control law development and aircraft response tuning.
- Integration & Validation 1. Ensure integration of aerodynamics, loads, and dynamic behavior with overall aircraft design.
- Support wind tunnel testing, ground testing, validation, and flight test campaigns.
- Validate simulation models against test data. 6.

Certification & Compliance 1. Ensure compliance with FAA, EASA, and DGCA certification requirements (CS/FAR 23/25/27 as applicable).





- Support certification deliverables including loads reports, stability and control reports, flight test plans, and analysis reports.
- Participate in PDR, CDR, and certification audits.
- Risk & Performance Management 1. Identify and mitigate aerodynamic risks, loads exceedance risks, and stability and handling concerns.
- Ensure performance targets for fuel efficiency, payload-range capability, and flight envelope compliance are achieved.
- Stakeholder & Customer Management 1. Act as technical focal point for the flight sciences domain.
- Present aerodynamic performance, loads data, and dynamic analysis results.
- Support proposal development, RFQs, effort estimation, and planning.

Required Qualifications Education 1. Bachelor's or Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering or Aeronautical Engineering.

Experience 1. 12-18+ years in the aerospace domain.

- Strong experience in aerodynamics, aero-loads, and flight dynamics. 3.

Experience in aircraft NPD programs is mandatory.

- Proven experience leading IPTs or cross-functional teams.

Technical Skills Core

Expertise - Aerodynamics using CFD tools such as ANSYS Fluent and STAR-CCM+.

- Aero-loads generation tools and methodologies.
- Flight dynamics, stability and control analysis, and handling qualities. Tools & Methods - MATLAB/Simulink.
- Flight simulation tools.
- Wind tunnel data analysis.
- MBSE tools such as Cameo and Rhapsody (preferred). Standards & Knowledge - CS/FAR 23/25 certification standards.
- Understanding of aeroelasticity, flutter analysis, and gust response modeling. Leadership & Soft Skills - Strong technical leadership and decision-making capability.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience working in onsite-offshore delivery models.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Qualification

- Bachelor's / Master's in: Aerospace Engineering /Electronics & Communication/ Avionics / Electrical Engineering

📌 Flight Sciences - IPT Head (Montreal)
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📍 Montreal