Hybrid-electric ultra-short takeoff aircraft developer moving toward production
Electra.aero develops hybrid-electric aircraft built for very short takeoff and landing, operating from Manassas, Virginia. Its stack centers on certification-grade aerospace tooling (DO-178C, IBM DOORS, Jama Connect, Nastran, CATIA, Siemens NX, Teamcenter), and job posts cluster around supplier qualification, structural assembly industrialization and certification deadlines. Together these point to a company shifting from prototype engineering into a production and type-certification phase.
Electra.aero is a privately held aircraft developer founded in 2020 and headquartered in Manassas, Virginia, with 51–200 employees. The company designs ultra-short takeoff and landing aircraft that use blown-lift technology and a hybrid-electric propulsion system, aimed at regional air mobility operators. Engineering work spans structural analysis, flight software, aerodynamics and requirements management, supported by PLM and CAD systems. Business operations run on SAP, Unanet and Microsoft 365, and hiring is concentrated in the United States.
Electra.aero uses CATIA, Siemens NX, SolidWorks, Teamcenter, Nastran, FEMAP, Hypermesh, Patran, MATLAB/Simulink, Pointwise and ParaView, with IBM DOORS and Jama Connect for requirements and DO-178C for flight software.
Yes. Engineering dominates Electra.aero's open roles, weighted toward senior, staff and principal levels, with additional hiring in operations, logistics and manufacturing, all in the United States.
Electra.aero is building prototype and initial aircraft, industrializing structural assembly for the EL9, defining assembly tooling, building supplier audit and sourcing processes, and developing an autonomy certification strategy.
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