Engineer, Loads and Criteria

Company Overview:

Overair is positioned to be a global leader in advanced air mobility. Based in Santa Ana, California, Overair's rapidly growing team is harnessing decades of aerospace innovation led by Abe Karem, creator of the Predator unmanned aerial vehicle and the A160 Hummingbird, to build and operate all-electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft for urban air mobility. With a path to FAA certification in the mid-2020s, Butterfly will be the most robust, efficient and quiet aircraft in its class.

We are a casual, happy, collaborative and incredibly motivated team. We believe that a diverse team outperforms because the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. We are passionate about aviation and diminishing its carbon shadow.

Job Overview:

Overair is seeking an experienced Loads & Criteria Engineer to develop loads and requirements for our VTOL aircraft. Qualified candidates will be responsible for development of data processing scripts incorporating aerodynamic data and various analyses. This role requires the candidate to thrive in a high paced environment and be comfortable with the design, development, and test life cycle of rapid aerospace R&D. This role will include interfacing engineers and analysts from various engineering disciplines, so strong communication and inter-personal skills are required.

• Full time, Direct hire, Remote OR On site. We are considering all level of engineers for this role.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Vehicle loads and criteria support through the aircraft development life-cycle.
• Help develop usage spectrums for analysis and sizing of the vehicle and sub-systems
• Provide contributions to loads and criteria documents for engineering and certification
• Use comprehensive aircraft flight dynamics model to compute trim, static and dynamic loads maneuvers
• Perform aerodynamic analyses to develop loads databases for all flight phases
• Collaborate with aerodynamicists and other engineering disciplines to incorporate models and datasets into loads and criteria development
• Work closely with the Structural Design and Test and Evaluation groups

Required Qualifications:

• 4 years of aircraft/rotorcraft loads and criteria experience
• BS / MS in Aerospace, Mechanical, or similar relevant fields
• Extensive understanding of aircraft aerodynamics, flight dynamics, and load derivation methodology
• Experience with static and dynamic load derivation for aircraft
• Experience with aero-structural analysis tools (AVL, ASWING, ZAERO, ZONAIR, NASTRAN, FLIGHTLAB, CHARM)
• Strong proficiency in Matlab and/or Python scripting to automate the generation of large datasets and parsing data into usable formats for the larger engineering community
• Familiarity with version controlling. This position will require maintenance of configured load sets for all primary and secondary structural components on the air vehicle.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in EVTOL design and development
• Experience with aero elastics, structural dynamics, and rotor dynamics
• Familiar with simulation and analysis tools such as:
  • Comprehensive Aeromechanical Codes: CAMRAD II or RCAS/GRCAS
  • FEM/Computational Structural Analysis Codes: NASTRAN, Hypermesh/Optistruct
  • Control System Design and Analysis Codes: FlightLab, Matlab/Simulink, CONDUIT/CIFER
• Familiarity with data management, revision and version control: Bitbucket/Git
• Experience with loads and criteria development for certified aircraft and rotorcraft (14 CFR part 23, 25 and 27)

Summary of Benefits:

• Medical – Company provides no cost medical coverage for employee and all dependents
• Dental & Vision – Company pays for 80% of dental and vision coverage for employee and 50% for each dependent
• Flexible Spending Account – Up to $1,000 company match
• 401(k) plan – 6% Company match, no vesting period, employee eligible on first day of work
• 12 weeks of supplemental paid family leave
• Company-paid life Insurance plan
• Employee equity incentive program (stock options)
• Paid Time Off:
  • Vacation: 4 weeks/year
  • Holiday: 10 days/year
  • Sick Time: 48 hours/year
  • Volunteer Time: 8 hours/per quarter

Overair expects to pay: $97,500 -$200,000 per year. Your level and the compensation package offered will be determined by location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.