Staff GNC Engineer
Core
Lead teams to design and implement flight control algorithms for electric VTOL aircraft, connecting GNC requirements with other system requirements.
Role type
Staff GNC Engineer (Flight Control)
Builds
Flight control software and simulation models for all-electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft
Domain
Aerospace engineering, electric aviation, flight control systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
vehicle dynamics, optimization, classical control theory, modern control theory, MATLAB/Simulink proficiency, simulation verification, trade studies, flight data analysis, software requirements authoring, systems engineering decomposition, systems safety analysis
Preferred skills
GNC system verification in simulation and hardware, envelope protection, physics/sensors/actuators modeling, system identification, fault detection and isolation, trajectory generation, optimization algorithms, flight testing experience, piloting experience
Technologies
MATLAB, Simulink
Responsibilities
Lead teams to design and implement flight control algorithms, work cross-functionally to connect GNC requirements, influence leadership on GNC system decisions, implement creative solutions to verify complex systems, build simulations to validate requirements, run trade studies for aircraft design, collaborate with Flight Test team, improve simulation model fidelity, analyze flight data to improve models, author software requirements and test cases, collaborate with Systems Engineering and Safety teams
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with team leadership
