Flight Controls Engineer
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We're building safety-enhancing technology for aviation that will save lives. Automated aviation systems will enable a future where air transportation is safer, more convenient and fundamentally transformative to the way goods — and eventually people — move around the planet. We are a team of mission-driven engineers with experience across aerospace, robotics and self-driving cars working to make this future a reality. As a Flight Controls Engineer at Reliable Robotics, you will be part of the Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) Team. You will design, implement, integrate, and test flight control laws for all phases of operation including autotaxi, auto-takeoff, autoland, and automatic rollout. You integrate real-world hardware and C/C++ flight software as part of ongoing flight test programs, and perform simulation analysis and data reduction in our Python and C/C++ modeling & simulation environment. Responsibilities
- Work with internal stakeholders to establish autoflight and flight control system requirements
- Design and analyze the control laws, from conceptual design through implementation and certification
- Develop models in simulation for evaluation of the flight control system
- Implement control laws and algorithms in flight software
- Test flight software in simulation, Monte Carlo, hardware-in-loop, and flight
- MS in aerospace engineering, robotics, or equivalent field
- 5+ years of hands on, professional experience developing and testing flight controls algorithms
- Experience with flight dynamics simulation and model identification
- Professional experience with developing C/C++ flight software
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- PhD in aerospace engineering, robotics, or similar advanced degree
- Current pilot, instrument or commercial ratings
- Experience with flight controls, autopilot, or flight management system certification
- 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C
- 1158, or not otherwise permitted to access the export-controlled technology without U.S. government authorization, the Company reserves the right not to apply for an export license for such applicants whose access to export-controlled technology or software source code requires authorization and may decline to proceed with the application process and any offer of employment on that basis. At Reliable Robotics, our goal is to be a diverse and inclusive workforce. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, creed, ancestry, sex, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability or medical conditions, national origin, military or veteran status, genetic information, marital status, or any other basis covered by applicable law. All employment and promotion is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing an application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to [email protected]
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