Boise Flight Controls Engineer — Field & Lab UAVs

Pitch Aeronautics; Boise (ID); Sur place; USD 120 000 - 170 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

120 hrs of paid time off

Health Insurance

Dental & Vision Insurance

Short-term disability insurance

Long-term disability insurance

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

Paid holidays

Flexible work schedule

Résumé du poste

Pitch Aeronautics Inc. in Boise, ID is seeking a Flight Controls Engineer to design, model, and tune controllers for a cyclorotor UAV. You will deploy to PX4 hardware, extend simulations with Gazebo/SITL, and analyze logs to improve performance.

You’ll work hands-on in shop and in the field with a small team. The role requires 3+ years in UAV control design, strong MATLAB/Simulink skills, and hands-on flight testing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering with a focus on controls.
• 3+ years designing and testing control systems for UAVs, aircraft, or robots.
• Strong MATLAB/Simulink skills, including code generation for embedded targets.
• Solid grounding in classical control: PID/PD design, feedforward, saturation and anti-windup, rate limiting.
• Hands-on flight or hardware testing experience including log analysis.
• Python for data analysis and tooling; Git.
• Clear technical writing.

Responsabilités

• Design, model, and tune flight controllers (attitude, position, altitude, yaw, trim) in MATLAB/Simulink and deploy to PX4-based hardware.
• Build and maintain vehicle dynamics models, including cyclorotor, and extend simulation (Gazebo, SITL).
• Write test plans and run stand and flight tests with the drone ops crew.
• Analyze flight logs (PX4 ULog) for tracking error, motor saturation, and vibration; build faster analysis tools.
• Make the controller robust to estimator events (EKF resets, IMU switches, GPS dropouts).
• Characterize propulsion (thrust vs. RPM) and integrate results into the control code.
• Develop control for aerial manipulation: lateral positioning, wind rejection, and contact with the conductor during sensor installs.
• Configure and integrate motor controllers over DroneCAN.
• Document design decisions, manage control code in Git, and post updates for the team.
• Mentor technicians and interns, and work with pilots on how the aircraft feels to fly.

Connaissances

MATLAB/Simulink

Python

Git

Technical writing

Flight testing

On-site Boise travel

Formation

Bachelor's in Aerospace/Mechanical/Electrical Eng (controls)

Outils

PX4

ArduPilot

Gazebo

Description du poste

Pitch Aeronautics Inc. in Boise, ID is seeking a Flight Controls Engineer to design, model, and tune controllers for a cyclorotor UAV. You will deploy to PX4 hardware, extend simulations with Gazebo/SITL, and analyze logs to improve performance.

You’ll work hands-on in shop and in the field with a small team. The role requires 3+ years in UAV control design, strong MATLAB/Simulink skills, and hands-on flight testing.