The ePlane Company develops India's first electric flying taxi, incubated at IIT Madras since 2019. The tech stack—C/C++, FPGA, DO-178C, IBM DOORS, SolidWorks, CATIA—reflects hard aerospace engineering: safety-critical software, certification tooling, and precision CAD. Active projects span flight control computers, type certification, and mission-critical avionics, while the hiring mix (19 engineers, 4 designers, 2 manufacturing roles, 1 ops lead) shows a pre-production engineering organization focused on certification and safety validation rather than scale manufacturing.
Notable leadership hires: Operations Lead
The ePlane Company designs and manufactures electric vertical-takeoff aircraft (eVTOL) intended for intra-city passenger and cargo transport. Founded in 2019 and based in Chennai, India, the company operates as a 51–200-person engineering-led startup. The flagship product is the e200x, a flying electric taxi targeting significant reduction in urban commute times. The organization is structured around core aerospace functions: flight systems engineering, avionics development, CAD/design, manufacturing, and regulatory compliance—with active hiring concentrated in senior and mid-level engineering and design roles across India.
Flight control and avionics are built in C/C++ with FPGA and VHDL/Verilog logic. Design uses SolidWorks, CATIA, and NX; visualization in Blender, Maya, and Unreal Engine. Regulatory and safety tooling includes IBM DOORS, DO-178C certification, and MISRA C/C++ compliance. Manufacturing and ERP rely on SAP and Odoo.
Active projects include flight control computer development, type certification of the aircraft, mission computer systems, flight safety management, advanced avionics, autonomous navigation, flight dynamics modeling, and FPGA logic. The focus is on safety-critical systems and regulatory compliance for eVTOL operations.
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