Senior Manager, Flight Dynamics

At Wisk, we're transforming the future of urban mobility through safe, all-electric, autonomous flight. We are a passionate team working together toward a sustainable future, solving high-impact problems that have never been solved before. By delivering everyday flight for everyone, we're making it possible to spend less time getting there and more time being there. If you want to be part of shaping the future of mobility, then read on!

We are looking for a Senior Manager of Flight Dynamics to join our team. The goal of this role at Wisk is to bring experience, skill and capability to the Flight Dynamics team working on the Wisk Gen 6 aircraft team that is bringing a commercial autonomous air taxi to the market.

This is a hybrid work opportunity. At Wisk, this means working onsite at our Mountain View HQ 3 days per week with flexibility for the remainder of the days.

As part of the Gen 6 aircraft team organization you lead the Flight Dynamics team, responsible for Aircraft modelling, simulation and analysis, covering aircraft performance, stability and control and 6

DOF real-time simulation.

A successful candidate will have direct hands-on experience developing and building type certified aircraft, from initial concept through flight testing and certification, with the technical breadth necessary to interface with all engineering functions such as Systems & Safety Engineering, Hardware, Software, Manufacturing, Test, and Certification. In this role, the candidate must be a highly motivated, self-starting individual with a broad set of skills and never afraid of facing complex technical challenges.

Role Responsibilities:

Lead a highly skilled engineering team consisting of engineers covering Stability and Control, Vehicle Performance, Vehicle 6

DOF and Systems modelling.

Define the end-to-end modeling and simulation strategy for Flight Dynamics, not limited to 6

DOF, Vehicle stability & trim analysis, Aircraft Performance, and Systems Integration.

Develop and maintain Wisk’s in-house tools to perform linear and non-linear stability and control analysis, estimate critical performance parameters, such as range, stall speeds, optimized climb profiles, aerodynamics characteristics, and validate our tools with test data from wind tunnels, subscale aircraft and flight test.

Capture the Flight Physics Modelling and Simulation Methodology for Flight Dynamics Define the Flight Dynamics Model Validation Strategy including Closed Loop System Validation, incorporation of Flight test and wind tunnel corrections. Set specific goals and objectives for each model to build up to a fully certifiable model set (where appropriate). This role requires driving alignment across Flight Physics, GNC, System Integration, and Flight test teams.

Establish KPP/Metrics to show Models validation progress and quantify model maturity.

Drive technical consensus among other Aircraft SMEs to align on Modelling requirements and expectations across all product teams.

Set standards for documentation of Aircraft level modelling, documentation, and configuration control of the models vs the overall aircraft design baseline and vehicle and systems description documents.

Produce and Review Certification Detailed Design Standards, White Papers and Certification Plans to support certification compliance showing against with FAR Part 21/23/27/91/135 requirements

Define MDO opportunities, and in-line with SMEs and Chief Engineer office, roll out MDO for Flight Physics and Aircraft Configuration Design as a way to conduct System-Level Trade Studies. Spearhead the adoption of AI-driven surrogate modeling and GPU accelerated solvers (CUDA) to achieve real-time aero-performance analysis.

Integrate high-priority, cross functional roadblocks identified during Gen 6 flight testing, particularly those occurring at the intersection of non-linear aerodynamics and autonomous control laws.

Requirements:15 years of industry experience in aircraft and/or rotorcraft development, with a Bachelor’s degree; or 12 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 8 years experience; or equivalent experience.

Understanding of rotorcraft and multirotor aircraft aerodynamics and…