Senior Structural Dynamics & Aeroelastics Engineer (GVT & Model Correlation)

Role Overview

This role is about creating credible, test-correlated dynamic models that reduce aeroelastic and aeroservoelastic risk for SkyDrive’s aircraft. You will sit between the Modelling & Simulation function and the Aeroelastics team: supporting the aeroelastics team’s Ground Vibration Test (GVT) initiative, and pushing the integration of structural dynamics and propeller dynamics into modelling workflows that enable aeroservoelastic assessments. Your outputs will directly support design decisions, risk closure, and readiness for envelope expansion by improving traceability, repeatability, and cross-team alignment.

Job Highlights

eVTOL development depends on disciplined coupling between structure, propulsion, and control. GVT is a high-leverage activity: it is where structural dynamics become measurable and where model credibility is won or lost. This role is an opportunity to turn GVT outcomes into actionable engineering artefacts—correlated modes, clear assumptions, and models that can be used by both aeroelastics and M&S. You will work in a small team environment with strong ownership, where the expectation is not only to “run analyses”, but to build a dependable, repeatable capability for the programme.

Essential Skills

• 5+ years’ experience in structural dynamics, aeroelasticity, aeroservoelasticity, or closely related modelling & simulation for complex dynamic systems.
• Hands-on experience supporting GVT / experimental modal analysis, including test support and post-processing.
• Demonstrated ability to correlate test results to analysis models and communicate what changed.
• NASTRAN: building/running modal/dynamic models and interpreting results for correlation and design trades.
• Python: data processing pipelines, automation, plotting/report generation for repeatable engineering outputs.
• Practical experience with propeller/rotor dynamics and an ability to translate that into reduced-order representations suitable for coupling studies.
• Experience working with engineering stakeholders across teams including preparing artefacts and communicating results clearly.
  
  

Desirable

• Experience with model reduction / modal reduction and building reduced-order models for integrated studies.
• Exposure to additional test environments beyond GVT and associated signal quality/coherence considerations.
• Experience reviewing supplier analyses and translating external outputs into internal models, assumptions, and decision-ready conclusions.
• Experience working in an aircraft development environment where traceability, configuration control, and disciplined documentation are required.
  
  

Target Candidate

• Motivated by reducing aeroelastic / aeroservoelastic risk through credible, test-anchored engineering, not only by producing analysis outputs.
• Thinks in interfaces: translates GVT outputs into model updates and delivers artefacts that M&S and Aeroelastics can use without rework.
• Demonstrates ownership and delivery discipline: maintains configuration control of models/scripts, makes assumptions explicit, and escalates risks early.

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• Improves team throughput by building repeatable workflows that increase reliability and reduce dependence on individual effort.
• Communicates clearly and documents consistently: produces artefacts others can reproduce and rely on with confidence.
  
  

Type of Employment

• Permanent Employee or Contract Employee
• Probationary period: 3~6 month
  
  

Place of Employment

• Nagoya Airport Office: Nagoya Airport Terminal Building 2nd floor, Toyoba, Toyoyama-Cho, Nishikasugai, Aichi Prefecture
• Measures to Prevent Secondhand Smoke: Smoking Room Provided
• Scope of Change: Places determined by the Company (including places where telework is performed)
  

Working Hours

• Flextime or Discretionary labor system
• In the case of flextime: No core time
• Discretionary Labor System: Specialized Class Deemed working hours per day: 10 hours
• Basic working hours: Start 9:00 End 18:00（Including 1hour break time）
• Overtime Work: Available
  

Holidays

• 115 days off per year（Saturday / Sundays / Newyear holidays（12/29～1/3） / Company designated holidays）

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• Annual paid leave
• Refresh leave (Granted after 1, 3, 4, 5 years of service)
  
  

Salary

• Estimated Annual Salary: JPY 6,850,000- JPY 10,280,000
• Monthly Salary: JPY 571,000- JPY 857,000
• Includes fixed overtime pay for 45 hours, amounting to JPY 197,680- JPY 296,697
• Additional overtime pay will be provided for hours exceeding the fixed overtime.
• To be determined based on skills, experience, and abilities
  

Expenses

• Commuting allowance, business trip allowance, moving allowance, etc.
• Relocation Packages
• There are some conditions.
  
  

Social Insurance

• Health insurance
• Employee pension (according to Japan standards)
• Employment insurance
• Worker’s accident compensation insurance
  
  

Scope of Work Change

• Reassignment may occur to any other work.