Flight Physics - internship (all gender)

At Ascendance we are building tomorrow’s hybrid-electric aviation with ATEA, a unique Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) aircraft powered by STERNA, our in-house hybrid-electric propulsion system. We focus our efforts in designing an innovative, safe, silent, clean and affordable aircraft that will be able to blend into existing infrastructures and regulations to ease its deployment and maximise social acceptance.

If you are looking for a place where you will have a direct impact on very ambitious products, where you will work close to the hardware and where you can witness the result of your hard work quickly, board ATEA and come fly with us toward the future of aviation!

Who are we?👁

At Ascendance we are building tomorrow’s hybrid-electric aviation with ATEA, a unique Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) aircraft powered by STERNA, our in-house hybrid propulsion system. We focus our efforts in designing an innovative, safe, silent, clean and affordable aircraft that will be able to blend into existing infrastructures and regulations to ease its deployment and maximize social acceptance. 
 
If you are looking for a place where you will have a direct impact on very ambitious products, where you will work close to the hardware and where you can witness the result of your hard work quickly, board ATEA and come fly with us toward the future of aviation!

Your role : 🔎

As a member of the flight physics team at Ascendance you will have a key role in implementing performance models and consolidating processes and tools for aerodynamics. 

Your main responsibilities will be to : 

• Consolidate aircraft performance models
• Provide performance analysis to identify best operating points in vertical / transition / aeroplane modes
• Consolidate aerodynamics (CFD) processes to ensure repeatability and adequate quality

 
Where do we stand?

You will be entering the team during a crucial part of our development. Full scale testbenches are ongoing while full scale aircraft development is running at full speed. You will be working in an interdisciplinary team to find global compromise while being given a high level view of the aircraft and propulsion system’s requirements.

The job has been made for you if you : 🛠

• You are in an aerospace engineering school or have classes on aerodynamics / aircraft design
• You have experience with preliminary aircraft design projects
• You are used to MATLAB/Simulink, Python and performed CFD analysis
• You are a team player and a creative person
• You are proactive, enthusiastic and self driven
• You are comfortable to work in start-up quick changing constraints environment
• You speak English

We are meant to work together if you : 💚

• You are looking for a 5 to 6 months internship starting in March / April 2023
• You are passionate about new tech or eVTOL
• You want to work in a deep tech startup that will change the way people travel
• You want to face complex but thrilling challenges
• You like to work in a dynamic environment

Recruitment process :🕐 

• Application evaluations (CVs….)
• Talent Interview
• Technical Interview with Jérôme, flight physics lead & internship mentor !

Non-discrimination and diversity are our priorities. AFT is open to hire personalities with their own differences