At Volocopter, we are shaping the future of urban air mobility with our pioneering electrically powered vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. Our high and low voltage systems, including batteries, motors, DC/DC converters, and low voltage components, are critical to ensuring the safety and efficiency of our aircraft. As an Electrical System Integration Engineer, you will develop comprehensive test plans and procedures, validate system requirements and designs, and set up representative test systems for rigorous failure tests. Your work ensures compliance with aerospace standards under EASA supervision and contributes to the continuous advancement of our technology.Your mission during this flight: <ul><li>Develop detailed test plans and procedures for failure tests, load shedding, short circuit tests, and momentary interruptions to guarantee system reliability.</li><li>Own and develop system performance criteria by defining requirements and mission profiles, ensuring succesful integration of all propulsion components</li><li>Plan and coordinate the setup of test infrastructure, including selecting appropriate tools, measurement equipment, and tap points.</li><li>Utilize simulation models (e.g., Matlab, Amesim, LTSpice) to optimize testing processes and reduce the number of physical tests required.</li><li>Validate system and component level requirements, ensuring thorough documentation and compliance with aerospace standards (ARP4754A, SC-VTOL, etc.).</li><li>Write clear and precise system requirements to guide design and development efforts.</li><li>Conduct ground tests and flight tests on actual aircraft to verify system performance and reliability under real-world conditions.</li><li>Collaborate closely with the test infrastructure team and individual system engineers responsible for batteries, motors, DC/DC converters, etc.</li><li>Support other engineering teams as needed in system modeling and requirements creation within the requirements management system.</li><li>Engage with key stakeholders, including EASA panel experts for electric systems and propulsion, and internal Compliance Verification Engineers (CVE).</li><li>Contribute to the design and improvement of next-generation systems, focusing on fuse coordination, contactor/switch selection, power distribution, and HV architecture.</li></ul>Successful milestones:<ul><li>Acceptance of the Electric Propulsion Functional &amp; Short Circuit certification test plans.</li><li>Achievement of test readiness.</li><li>Successful execution of tests with EASA witnessing.</li><li>Validation of system requirements and design.</li><li>Completion of ground and flight tests verifying system performance.</li></ul>

Volocopter brings urban air mobility (UAM) to megacities worldwide. We aim to improve the quality of life for people in cities by offering a fantastic new mode of transportation. For that, we create sustainable and scalable UAM ecosystems with partners in infrastructure and operations. 
Volocopter will offer passengers swift, secure, and emission-free connections to their destinations, supported by VoloIQ, the UAM ecosystem&rsquo;s software platform that serves as its digital backbone for safe and efficient operations.  
As a pioneer in the UAM industry, Volocopter will launch commercial services within the next year. Founded in 2011, the company employs more than 500 people in Germany and Singapore, has completed over 2,000 successful public and private test flights, and raised more than $600 million in equity from investors, including, Mercedes-Benz Group, Sumitomo Corporation, Japan Airlines, Tokyo Century, and NTT Communications, and BlackRock www.volocopter.com

Electric Propulsion System Integration Engineer (m/f/d)

At Volocopter, we are shaping the future of urban air mobility with our pioneering electrically powered vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. Our high and low voltage systems, including batteries, motors, DC/DC converters, and low voltage components, are critical to ensuring the safety and efficiency of our aircraft. As an Electrical System Integration Engineer, you will develop comprehensive test plans and procedures, validate system requirements and designs, and set up representative test systems for rigorous failure tests. Your work ensures compliance with aerospace standards under EASA supervision and contributes to the continuous advancement of our technology.Your mission during this flight:&nbsp;<ul><li>Develop detailed test plans and procedures for failure tests, load shedding, short circuit tests, and momentary interruptions to guarantee system reliability.</li><li>Own and develop system performance criteria by defining requirements and mission profiles, ensuring succesful integration of all propulsion components</li><li>Plan and coordinate the setup of test infrastructure, including selecting appropriate tools, measurement equipment, and tap points.</li><li>Utilize simulation models (e.g., Matlab, Amesim, LTSpice) to optimize testing processes and reduce the number of physical tests required.</li><li>Validate system and component level requirements, ensuring thorough documentation and compliance with aerospace standards (ARP4754A, SC-VTOL, etc.).</li><li>Write clear and precise system requirements to guide design and development efforts.</li><li>Conduct ground tests and flight tests on actual aircraft to verify system performance and reliability under real-world conditions.</li><li>Collaborate closely with the test infrastructure team and individual system engineers responsible for batteries, motors, DC/DC converters, etc.</li><li>Support other engineering teams as needed in system modeling and requirements creation within the requirements management system.</li><li>Engage with key stakeholders, including EASA panel experts for electric systems and propulsion, and internal Compliance Verification Engineers (CVE).</li><li>Contribute to the design and improvement of next-generation systems, focusing on fuse coordination, contactor/switch selection, power distribution, and HV architecture.</li></ul>Successful milestones:<ul><li>Acceptance of the Electric Propulsion Functional &amp; Short Circuit certification test plans.</li><li>Achievement of test readiness.</li><li>Successful execution of tests with EASA witnessing.</li><li>Validation of system requirements and design.</li><li>Completion of ground and flight tests verifying system performance.</li></ul>

Electric Propulsion System Integration Engineer (m/f/d)

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