Autonomy Flight Simulation Engineer Intern

Reliable Robotics; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 25,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Reliable Robotics is building safety-enhancing aviation technology and seeks a Flight Simulation intern to join our team in Mountain View, CA. You will help design, implement, and test simulation models under senior engineers, gaining hands-on experience with GNC and aircraft dynamics.

You are pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree in aerospace or software engineering and are proficient in C/C++ or Python, seeking to tackle challenging problems in a mission-driven environment.

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled as a junior or senior in an undergraduate program in aerospace engineering, software engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• A solid understanding of fundamentals -- engineering math, numerical methods, and flight dynamics
• Proficient in any of C/C++/Python
• Interest in one or more of the following areas: modeling of physical systems, simulation, autonomy, GNC
• Proactive and motivated to tackle hard problems
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Responsibilities

• Build infrastructure for automated simulation and hardware-in-the-loop testing of Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) software.
• Develop and assess physics-based models representative of aircraft dynamics (aerodynamics, ground reactions, actuator models, etc.)
• Develop flight test plans and conduct post-test data review
• Develop tools for visualizing and analyzing simulation and flight data
• Perform validation of simulation models against flight test data

Skills

C/C++

Python

Engineering math

Flight dynamics

Communication skills

Education

Undergraduate aerospace engineering

Graduate program enrollment

Job description

Reliable Robotics is building safety-enhancing aviation technology and seeks a Flight Simulation intern to join our team in Mountain View, CA. You will help design, implement, and test simulation models under senior engineers, gaining hands-on experience with GNC and aircraft dynamics.

You are pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree in aerospace or software engineering and are proficient in C/C++ or Python, seeking to tackle challenging problems in a mission-driven environment.