Working Student Overall Aircraft Design (all genders)

<h2><strong>Your Mission:</strong></h2><p style="min-height:1.5em">Be part of aviation history at VÆRIDION, where we’re pioneering the world’s first electric nine-seater aircraft! As an <strong>Overall Aircraft Design Working Student (all genders)</strong>, you will join our Central Engineering team and support across various Overall Aircraft Design activities. This role is a broad role, and you will perform different tasks to support on-going aircraft design and analysis activities. You will be part of our interdisciplinary aircraft design team and contribute directly to the design process of our battery-electric aircraft.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2><strong>Your Day-to-Day:</strong></h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Support the analysis and comparison of battery-electric aircraft concepts across different configurations and mission profiles.</p></li></ul><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Investigate how technology assumptions and key design parameters influence aircraft performance, energy demand, and overall feasibility.</p></li></ul><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Develop and adapt computational tools to support aircraft sizing, mission analysis, and design trade-off studies.</p></li></ul><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Perform parameter and sensitivity studies to explore design dependencies and identify key technology drivers.</p></li></ul><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Collect, assess, and organise technical data to support consistent modelling assumptions and comparative analyses.</p></li></ul><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Document methods, assumptions, and results, and prepare clear visualisations to discuss findings with the engineering team.</p></li></ul><h2><strong>Your Profile:</strong></h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Currently enrolled in a Master’s degree programme in Aerospace Engineering or a comparable technical discipline.</p></li></ul><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Holding a Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering or a comparable technical discipline. </p></li></ul><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Excellent programming skills (e.g., Python, MATLAB).</p></li></ul><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Experience with aircraft design process, methods and tools. Experience with dedicated tools such as OpenMDAO and Aviary is a strong plus.</p></li></ul><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Readily available knowledge about aircraft. </p></li></ul><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Structured, analytical, and solution-oriented professional with strong ownership, facilitation, and stakeholder-management skills. </p></li></ul><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English; additional European languages are an asset, combined with a strong motivation for aviation and electri