Autonomous Flight Dynamics Engineer

Harmattan AI; Lausanne; In loco; CHF 110.000 - 170.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Harmattan AI in Lausanne seeks a System Identification Engineer to own the path from flight test to identified model. You design experiments, build a repeatable identification pipeline, and deliver models trusted by the G&C team for controller design, simulation, or training.

Responsibilities include planning excitation tests, identifying dynamics across rigid-body and propulsion models, and extending capabilities to new airframes. Collaboration with control and embedded engineers is essential.

Competenze

• Educational background in aerospace, control, mechanical engineering or a related STEM field.
• Proven experience identifying dynamic models of flying platforms from real data, in both frequency and time domains.
• Solid grasp of rigid-body dynamics, aerodynamic forces and moments, and propulsion models.
• Hands-on experience planning and running flight tests and working from raw logs.
• Strong Python and scientific computing skills, with the discipline to build reusable tools.

Mansioni

• Experiment design and flight test: plan and run identification tests, from excitation design to flight tests.
• Model identification: identify rigid-body, aerodynamic, propulsion, and actuator dynamics using frequency and time-domain methods.
• Propulsion and actuators: characterize motors, ESCs, propellers, and control surfaces including bandwidth and thermal effects.
• Identification pipeline: build and maintain an automated, reproducible pipeline from flight logs to models.
• Model validation: validate models against held-out data and quantify uncertainty for controller design, simulation, or training.
• New airframes: extend capabilities to VTOLs, fixed wings, tail-sitters, and missiles.
• Simulation and G&C support: deliver models into SITL/HITL and collaborate with control and embedded engineers.
• Mentorship: seniority-dependent guidance to junior engineers and interns.

Conoscenze

Python

System Identification

Flight Dynamics

Flight Testing

Data Analysis

Formazione

Aerospace/Control/Mechanical Engineering or related STEM

Strumenti

Scientific Computing

Descrizione del lavoro

Harmattan AI in Lausanne seeks a System Identification Engineer to own the path from flight test to identified model. You design experiments, build a repeatable identification pipeline, and deliver models trusted by the G&C team for controller design, simulation, or training.

Responsibilities include planning excitation tests, identifying dynamics across rigid-body and propulsion models, and extending capabilities to new airframes. Collaboration with control and embedded engineers is essential.