12-Month Actuation GN&C Engineer — Onsite Chandler

Top Echelon Software, LLC.; Chandler (AZ); On-site; USD 83,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

Top Echelon Software, LLC. seeks a Guidance Navigation Control Engineer in Chandler, AZ to model and simulate actuator systems for launch vehicles and related programs.

You will develop performance specifications, create linear and nonlinear models in MATLAB/C++, and design PID control schemes for electromechanical and electro-hydraulic actuators. The role requires collaboration with cross-disciplinary teams, on-site work in Chandler, and the ability to verify model results against test data

Qualifications

• Experience modeling actuator systems.
• Developed performance requirements for actuator systems.
• Created linear and nonlinear math models of actuation systems.
• Designed and analyzed PID control systems for electromechanical and electro-hydraulic actuators.
• Experience with MATLAB and Simulink for modeling and validation.
• Knowledge of hydraulic actuators and actuator system simulations.

Responsibilities

• Modeling and Simulation of actuation systems for various launch vehicles and programs.
• Collaborate withMechanical Electrical and Systems teams to meet objectives.
• Design and analyze PID control systems for actuators.
• Create and maintain linear and nonlinear actuator models in MATLAB and C++.
• Evaluate model outputs against test data and update models.
• Plan actuator systems engineering work including new systems evaluation.
• Develop performance requirements for actuation system specifications.
• Review actuation test data and address discrepancies.
• Provide anomaly investigation support for actuation systems.
• Perform trade studies for potential actuation system applications.
• Document work and summarize findings.
• Conduct kinematic analysis and mathematical modeling of 3-bar and 4-bar systems.

Skills

C++

Actuator system modeling

PID control design

Actuator specifications

Electro-Mechanical Actuation

Math model evaluation

Hydraulic Actuators

MATLAB

Tools

MATLAB

Simulink

Python

Job description

Top Echelon Software, LLC. seeks a Guidance Navigation Control Engineer in Chandler, AZ to model and simulate actuator systems for launch vehicles and related programs.

You will develop performance specifications, create linear and nonlinear models in MATLAB/C++, and design PID control schemes for electromechanical and electro-hydraulic actuators. The role requires collaboration with cross-disciplinary teams, on-site work in Chandler, and the ability to verify model results against test data