Controls Engineer - Fixed-Wing Flight Systems

Mach Industries Inc.; Huntington Beach, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 125,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Equity participation

Paid time off

Professional development

Job summary

Mach Industries Inc. is seeking a qualified engineer to join the controls team focused on fixed‑wing aircraft and high‑performance UAVs.

You will design, implement, and validate flight control laws spanning takeoff to landing, ensuring robust performance across the full envelope. The role requires familiarity with modern C++ for embedded real‑time systems, MATLAB/Simulink/Python modeling, and DO‑178C/AR P requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, physics, or mathematics.
• 0-5 years designing, analyzing and fielding flight control systems for fixed‑wing aircraft or UAVs.
• Deep knowledge of flight dynamics, stability/controllability, and actuator/sensor modeling.
• Familiarity with verification workflows (SIL/HIL) and with modern software workflows (git, code reviews).

Responsibilities

• Design control systems within defined architecture and requirements for fixed-wing vehicles.
• Design and implement control laws accounting for actuator limits, time delays, and sensor noise.
• Participate in system identification and aerodynamic model development from wind‑tunnel, CFD, and flight‑test data.
• Execute verification & validation work: SIL/HIL campaigns, Monte Carlo, and flight‑readiness criteria.

Skills

C++ embedded

MATLAB/Simulink/Python

flight dynamics

git/version control

Education

Bachelors in Engineering, Physics, Mathematics

Tools

PX4

ROS 2

Job description

Mach Industries Inc. is seeking a qualified engineer to join the controls team focused on fixed‑wing aircraft and high‑performance UAVs.

You will design, implement, and validate flight control laws spanning takeoff to landing, ensuring robust performance across the full envelope. The role requires familiarity with modern C++ for embedded real‑time systems, MATLAB/Simulink/Python modeling, and DO‑178C/AR P requirements.