Experimental Aerodynamics Engineer

Department: Aircraft

Location: Bangalore

Employment Type: FullTime

We're Hiring: Experimental Aerodynamics Engineer

Full-Time | Core Team

LAT Aerospace | Aircraft

At LAT Aerospace, we’re building a clean-sheet Short Take-Off and Landing (STOL) aircraft to unlock seamless, regional air mobility. Our aircraft push the boundaries of blown-lift aerodynamics, hybrid-electric propulsion integration, and rapid hardware iteration. We are looking for an Experimental Aerodynamicist who thrives in hands-on environments – someone who can design experiments, build rigs, extract clean data, and turn wind tunnel and ground-test results into validated aerodynamic models.If you believe hardware should iterate as fast as software, you’ll fit right in.

What you’ll do

• Design and execute aerodynamic experiments (component, subsystem, and aircraft level) both in house and externally with partners.

• Plan and conduct: Wind tunnel testing (2D airfoils, 3D wings, blown-lift systems)

• Develop custom test rigs for blown-wing and high-lift validation.

• Define instrumentation layout (pressure taps, load cells, wake rakes, PIV if applicable).

• Work with DAQ systems (NI / MDAQ / custom systems).

• Process and clean experimental datasets useful to create aerodynamic database and surrogate models.

• Quantify uncertainty and repeatability.

• Correlate wind tunnel data with both Low-fidelity models (lifting line, jet-flap theory, semi-empirical methods) and CFD (RANS/LES where applicable).

• Improve internal sizing tools using experimental validation loops.

• Support flight test data correlation.

What we're looking for

• Strong fundamentals in aerodynamics (high-lift, boundary layers, stability).

• Hands-on wind tunnel testing experience.

• Experience working with key sensors including but not limited to pressure measurement systems, load cells and force balances, and wake measurements.

• Familiarity with usage of flow visualization techniques.

• Strong data processing skills (MATLAB / Python).

• Comfort working with hardware — drilling, mounting, wiring, debugging sensors.

Why LAT?

• No hierarchy beyond strength of ideas.

• Rapid hardware iteration culture.

• Clean-sheet aircraft program.

• Work at the intersection of propulsion and aerodynamics.