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It looks like Lilum Aviation is now hiring http://lilium-aviation.com/#jobs
This is the company that has announced via the Telegraph a vertical lift flying car in two years.
Oh and there's something in there about a personal electric jet, with vertical take off and landing, a top speed of 250MPH and a range of 300 Miles.
But really, a job designing a real flying car, how cool is that?
From the article:
Personal aeroplanes which can take off noiselessly from the back garden, will be available within two years, engineers have claimed.
Lilium Aviation is designing an electric two-seater aircraft which takes just 20 hours to learn to fly, and can travel at speeds of 250mph.
Crucially, the small aircraft, which weighs just 25kg[sic], can take off vertically which means it does not need to fly from an airport, but could be parked outside a house or in a garden.
The company says the design will 'open the door to a new class of simpler, quieter and environmentally friendly planes' and will be available from 2018.
"Our goal is to develop an aircraft for use in everyday life," said Daniel Wiegand, CEO and one of the company's four founders.
"We are going for a plane that can take off and land vertically and does not need the complex and expensive infrastructure of an airport.
"To reduce noise and pollution, we are using electric engines so it can also be used close to urban areas."
(Score: 2) by Foobar Bazbot on Wednesday May 11 2016, @12:49AM
Congrats on a very cool job working on a very cool product. That's the first flying-car/roadable-aircraft design I've seen without car-mode so obviously and utterly compromised that I can't really imagine driving it anywhere but to/from the airfield (in fact, it looks very fun to drive), and I do like autogyros.
On the other hand, it uses a single powerplant, which means aviation-type service intervals, so I still can't see putting hours on it by driving anywhere but to/from the airfield. Then again, I'm nowhere close to affording something like this -- maybe if you can afford it in the first place, you'll think nothing of paying for more frequent overhauls.