CONTEXT
Dovetail Electric Aviation Pty Ltd (Dovetail) is a company formed by Sydney Aviation Holdings (owner of Sydney Seaplanes) and Dante Aeronautical. Our vision is to lead the regional and general aviation industry into an exciting new,
sustainable era by enabling aviation operators to fly commercially viable regional routes in nil emission, electric powered aircraft.
The revolution is going to start with small aircrafts first, and new entrants will lead the charge. What may look like a niche market now, will be the dominant trend for Regional Aviation by the end of the decade, and larger aircrafts will follow after that. Dovetail is undertaking the conversion of the first Cessna Caravan into electric in Australia, and potentially the world. We have set up an aggressive objective to obtain an STC for the electric conversion in 2025
WHAT WE OFFER
Dovetail has been conceived as a dynamic company with sustainability and integrity as core values. We will combine agility with innovation, and we want to put Australia in the global map of electric aviation. This is an extremely exciting opportunity as the sector of electric aviation is poised for massive growth and we think Dovetail is uniquely positioned to be one of the global leaders, thanks to our partnerships with airlines (starting with Sydney Seaplanes as co-owners but also including European operators) or critical suppliers with which we have secured exclusivity.
For that reason, and in order to complement our powerful relationships, we are trying to attract top talent committed to make aviation clean and fight against climate change. Apart from a very exciting project in a dynamic environment with other likeminded people sharing common values, we are offering a competitive salary, flexible work arrangements when feasible and participation on company shares program for initial key employees joining our core team.
We are recruiting a specialist engineer with experience in integrating, commissioning, and testing fuel cell systems. This position will be instrumental for our initial powerplant tests that integrate an energy generation system based on hydrogen fuel cells to power our propulsion system for aviation. Our ideal candidate should have worked on hydrogen powerplants for mobility applications, like hydrogen powered vehicles like trucks, buses or industrial vehicles. Any experience or exposure to aviation and the aerospace industry will be a clear differentiator and highly regarded. This position is based in Melbourne, Australia.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Drive the integration of all relevant components of a hydrogen fuel cell as part of our Energy on board system, including auxiliary subsystems and balance of plant, like compressors, heat exchangers, hydrogen tanks, etc.
• Develop conversion concepts and structural modifications for integration into the existing aircraft in accordance with industry standards and certification regulation.
• Detailed sizing of all critical elements using sound engineering methodologies
• Technical contribution in systems engineering activities for the integration and qualification of our integrated electric aircraft platforms, including development of specific components.
• Identification of commercial components, definition of requirements and specifications and supplier management.
• Use systems engineering skills, identify program requirements, verification methods, analyses plan and qualification and test programs.
• Work with internal and external teams, customers and suppliers, throughout our product development cycle, to manage requirements plan, system validation and verification.
• Support Certification documents preparation
• Review compliance of design to specifications and requirements, review conformance of project documents to requirements
• Manage the requirements change process, identifying customers’ priorities and recording conflicts between individual requirements.
• Contribute to our integrated Powerplant architecture design, as well as our ground tests integrating SIL and HIL components.
• Development of testing regime including supporting documentation and data collection
REQUIREMENTS
• A relevant bachelor’s degree.
• Masters Degree in Systems Engineering, Aeronautical or Mechanical Engineering preferred.
• At least 2 years of full-time relevant experience (including Design and/or integration of fuel cells, cooling systems for Fuel Cells, Power electronics, Balance of Plant into hydrogen energy systems for powertrains).
• Working knowledge of thermal management solutions such as heat pumps and phase change cooling for batteries or other energy storage systems.
• Working experience in safety analysis of H2 systems integration (fuel cell, cooling systems, hydrogen tanks), using tools like DFMEA and PFMEA ro develop test plans.
• Direct experience with Electric Vehicles will be highly regarded.
• Experience with broad array of engineering tools / languages including MatLab, Simulink, Python or C++.
• Proficiency with CAD systems like CATIA or SolidWorks will be highly regarded, as well as experience with FEA and CFD packages like ANSYS, Nastran/Patran or FLUENT (CFD).
• Excellent organizational, planning, and follow-up skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, interpersonal skills, and ability to work effectively with others.
Dovetail Electric Aviation Pty Ltd (Dovetail) is a company formed by Sydney Aviation Holdings (owner of Sydney Seaplanes) and Dante Aeronautical. Our vision is to lead the regional and general aviation industry into an exciting new,
sustainable era by enabling aviation operators to fly commercially viable regional routes in nil emission, electric powered aircraft.
The revolution is going to start with small aircrafts first, and new entrants will lead the charge. What may look like a niche market now, will be the dominant trend for Regional Aviation by the end of the decade, and larger aircrafts will follow after that. Dovetail is undertaking the conversion of the first Cessna Caravan into electric in Australia, and potentially the world. We have set up an aggressive objective to obtain an STC for the electric conversion in 2025
WHAT WE OFFER
Dovetail has been conceived as a dynamic company with sustainability and integrity as core values. We will combine agility with innovation, and we want to put Australia in the global map of electric aviation. This is an extremely exciting opportunity as the sector of electric aviation is poised for massive growth and we think Dovetail is uniquely positioned to be one of the global leaders, thanks to our partnerships with airlines (starting with Sydney Seaplanes as co-owners but also including European operators) or critical suppliers with which we have secured exclusivity.
For that reason, and in order to complement our powerful relationships, we are trying to attract top talent committed to make aviation clean and fight against climate change. Apart from a very exciting project in a dynamic environment with other likeminded people sharing common values, we are offering a competitive salary, flexible work arrangements when feasible and participation on company shares program for initial key employees joining our core team.
We are recruiting a specialist engineer with experience in integrating, commissioning, and testing fuel cell systems. This position will be instrumental for our initial powerplant tests that integrate an energy generation system based on hydrogen fuel cells to power our propulsion system for aviation. Our ideal candidate should have worked on hydrogen powerplants for mobility applications, like hydrogen powered vehicles like trucks, buses or industrial vehicles. Any experience or exposure to aviation and the aerospace industry will be a clear differentiator and highly regarded. This position is based in Melbourne, Australia.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Drive the integration of all relevant components of a hydrogen fuel cell as part of our Energy on board system, including auxiliary subsystems and balance of plant, like compressors, heat exchangers, hydrogen tanks, etc.
• Develop conversion concepts and structural modifications for integration into the existing aircraft in accordance with industry standards and certification regulation.
• Detailed sizing of all critical elements using sound engineering methodologies
• Technical contribution in systems engineering activities for the integration and qualification of our integrated electric aircraft platforms, including development of specific components.
• Identification of commercial components, definition of requirements and specifications and supplier management.
• Use systems engineering skills, identify program requirements, verification methods, analyses plan and qualification and test programs.
• Work with internal and external teams, customers and suppliers, throughout our product development cycle, to manage requirements plan, system validation and verification.
• Support Certification documents preparation
• Review compliance of design to specifications and requirements, review conformance of project documents to requirements
• Manage the requirements change process, identifying customers’ priorities and recording conflicts between individual requirements.
• Contribute to our integrated Powerplant architecture design, as well as our ground tests integrating SIL and HIL components.
• Development of testing regime including supporting documentation and data collection
REQUIREMENTS
• A relevant bachelor’s degree.
• Masters Degree in Systems Engineering, Aeronautical or Mechanical Engineering preferred.
• At least 2 years of full-time relevant experience (including Design and/or integration of fuel cells, cooling systems for Fuel Cells, Power electronics, Balance of Plant into hydrogen energy systems for powertrains).
• Working knowledge of thermal management solutions such as heat pumps and phase change cooling for batteries or other energy storage systems.
• Working experience in safety analysis of H2 systems integration (fuel cell, cooling systems, hydrogen tanks), using tools like DFMEA and PFMEA ro develop test plans.
• Direct experience with Electric Vehicles will be highly regarded.
• Experience with broad array of engineering tools / languages including MatLab, Simulink, Python or C++.
• Proficiency with CAD systems like CATIA or SolidWorks will be highly regarded, as well as experience with FEA and CFD packages like ANSYS, Nastran/Patran or FLUENT (CFD).
• Excellent organizational, planning, and follow-up skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, interpersonal skills, and ability to work effectively with others.
