AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE ENGINEER
Core
Assess Power & Propulsion System (P&PS) safety and mission performance for air vehicles across their full lifecycle.
Role type
Senior IC aircraft performance engineer (defence)
Builds
Mission generation/analysis models, toolsets, and performance assessments for airframe designs and propulsion architectures.
Domain
Defence, aerospace propulsion, gas turbines
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
aircraft performance fundamentals, gas turbine operation, C++, Matlab, Python, stakeholder management
Responsibilities
Interface with customers and government agencies to represent propulsion system interests; provide independent advice on air vehicle performance and behaviour; assess future and current platforms for competitiveness; maintain and develop toolsets, models, and data; convey platform operation requirements to the propulsion system.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
