Technical Head Market Research

About The ePlane Company

The ePlane Company is at the forefront of Indias urban air mobility revolution. Incubated at IIT Madras we are a deep-tech startup dedicated to designing and building the worlds most compact electric flying taxi. Our mission is to make door-to-door flying a reality drastically reducing commute times and decongesting our cities for a cleaner greener future. Were a passionate team of engineers designers and visionaries working on cutting-edge technology and were looking for brilliant minds to help us take flight.

Lead the development to build demand modelling and network-level analytics that power mobility platforms. Ride-hailing platforms have solved route-level demand forecasting origin-destination pair analysis network elasticity and real-time demand signal extraction at a scale that aviation market research has historically not looked towards. We are looking for someone who brings that analytical sophistication into the aviation context.

This position requires a deep quantitative background in high-frequency mobility networks (Ride-hailing/Aviation). You will be responsible for predicting the impact our aircrafts will have in different geographies and regions of the world. This position is a combined role between technical and strategy/BD

Roles and Responsibilities

• Build and own complex multi-modal demand models to simulate passenger flow and network elasticity and fleet dynamics.
  

• Utilize historical data and external variables to forecast market penetration and route-specific demand.
  

• Analyse market share dynamics and pricing strategies from traditional airlines and ground transportation.
  

• Define the Go-to-Market geographical sequence based on data-driven demand clusters.
  

• Maintain the highest standards for code quality including conducting rigorous code reviews developing comprehensive unit tests and producing clear thorough documentation.
  

Requirements

Required Qualifications

• 7 years of professional experience in ridehailing demand modelling or airliners with genuine depth in quantitative demand modelling
  

• Proven track record in Demand Modeling and Supply-Demand Balancing at a network scale.
  

• Proven understanding of fundamental data structures and the ability to apply them to solve complex problems.
  

• Hands-on experience developing and implementing optimization-based solutions using libraries such as NLopt Ceres Solver g2o or similar.
  

• Ability to oversee and peer-review high-complexity optimization frameworks
  

• Proficiency in statistical modelling with the ability to build and run regression models not just use pre-built tools
  

• Comfort with large messy multi-source datasets
  

• Experience with Monte Carlo simulation or probabilistic forecasting
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with modern software development methodologies including Agile CI/CD pipelines and version control (Git).
  

• Experience with GDP-elasticity or econometric demand forecasting
  

• Rock-solid understanding of mathematics particularly linear algebra multivariate calculus differential equations probability theory
  

• Aviation industry exposure like airline revenue management OEM market research IATA economics or aviation consultancy
  

• Familiarity with fleet databases
  

• Understanding of Multimodal Elasticity
  

Benefits

What We Offer

• The opportunity to work on a groundbreaking product that will redefine urban transportation.
  

• A dynamic fast-paced and collaborative work environment with a brilliant and passionate team.
  

• Competitive salary and benefits.
  

• A culture of innovation where your ideas can directly impact the future of flight