Flight Controls Engineer

You will own the X-BAT flight-control system across all flight phases. You will develop simulations, verification strategies, and control-allocation approaches; resolve simulation-to-flight gaps; support flight tests; integrate controls with vehicle systems; and mentor engineers.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver flight-control systems across all phases of flight
• Develop control-allocation strategies for actuator redundancy, saturation, and degraded operations
• Lead high-fidelity 6DOF simulation development
• Define and execute verification strategies, analyses, testing, and HIL validation
• Diagnose and resolve simulation-to-flight mismatches
• Support flight-test operations and rapid iteration
• Integrate controls with propulsion, aerodynamics, actuation, sensors, state estimation, and autonomy
• Mentor engineers and set technical standards

Requirements

• 10+ years of flight-controls or GNC experience on real flight vehicles
• Experience designing control allocation for over-actuated systems
• Knowledge of flight dynamics, 6DOF simulation, control theory, and nonlinear systems
• Experience with full verification and validation cycles
• Proficiency in C++, MATLAB/Simulink, or Python
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance

Benefits

• Bonus
• Equity
• Benefits
• Temporary benefits package after 60 days of employment