Job description

• Knightwerx is looking for a highly skilled and experienced AeroMech engineer to work on the development of a small unmanned electric aircraft. We operate in a fast-paced development environment that balances innovation and ingenuity with practicality and reliability. You’ll be working and supported by a team of strong engineers and subject matter experts to develop an aircraft from the ground up and be involved in every step of the process.

Work Experience

• Engineering degree or equivalent experience
• 5+ years experience developing small unmanned, electric aircraft or similar field
• Demonstrated ability to perform analysis and testing of aircraft components and systems

Attributes

• Innovative, hands-on, and practical
• Multi-disciplined, problem solver, driven by engineering analysis and scientific rigor
• Goal driven, learns from mistakes, and closes the loop on the design process
• Understands trades of scope for effort
• Communicates well through discussion and documentation
• Works well with others to develop plans and solve problems

Primary Duties

• Assists aeromechanical team in the design and development of a small unmanned aircraft airframe
• Develops test plans and executes testing of components, including aerodynamic bodies, propellers, motors, batteries.
• Provides and/or interprets performance analysis of aircraft components and systems.
• Provides analysis of test data, compares to analytical estimates

Tasks

• Designs and develops test set ups, with aid of mechanical and electrical engineers. Includes understanding test requirements, and specifying instrumentation components.
• Develops automated data recording software.
• Works with aeromechanical and electrical engineers to implement findings from testing.

Skills

• Theoretical and practical understanding of aircraft system performance, aerodynamics, propeller performance and aerodynamics, motor performance, battery performance.
• Strong proficiency in Matlab and other analysis tools (XFLR5, XFOIL, XPROP, etc)
• Bonus:
• Solidworks part design
• RC building and flying

Requirements

• Must have US citizenship
• On-site, collaborative work environment