Flight Controls & Autonomy Engineer

Alto Cirra; Salt Lake City (UT); Híbrido; USD 125.000 - 165.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Vacation days

Holidays

Sick days

Premium health contribution

Work equipment provided

Travel reimbursement

Professional development budget

Descripción de la vacante

Alto Cirra seeks a flight-control software engineer to develop and verify autonomy software for aircraft. The role emphasizes simulation, validation, and failsafe design, in a hybrid work setting at our Salt Lake City headquarters.

You will collaborate with Team Engineering, require 3+ years in controls or autonomy software, strong C++ and Python skills, and experience with simulation tools such as PX4/ArduPilot or ROS. Travel up to 15% may be required.

Formación

• 3+ years developing controls, robotics or autonomy software.
• Strong C++ and Python skills with version control, code review and automated testing.
• Understanding of feedback control, state estimation and flight dynamics.
• Experience with simulation and systematic validation before hardware or flight deployment.

Responsabilidades

• Develop and tune flight-control and autonomy software.
• Build and use simulation to evaluate behavior before flight.
• Run reviewed verification of software changes.
• Design and test failsafe and contingency behavior.
• Analyze flight logs to find and fix control issues.

Conocimientos

C++

Python

Control theory

Flight dynamics

Herramientas

PX4

ArduPilot

ROS

MATLAB/Simulink

Descripción del empleo

Develop and verify the flight-control and autonomy software that keeps our aircraft predictable, with simulation and failsafe testing.

Team Engineering

Location Salt Lake City, Utah · Headquarters

Employment type Full-time employee, normally 40 hours per week.

Annual base salary USD $125,000–$165,000

Compensation No equity or bonus is included in this package. Compensation within the range will reflect relevant experience and role scope.

Work arrangement Hybrid: normally three days per week at headquarters and up to two days remote, with in-person attendance required for lab, test and operational activities.

Travel Up to 15% travel for scheduled integration and test campaigns.

Benefits 15 paid vacation days, 10 paid company holidays, 5 paid sick days, employer contribution of 75% of employee-only medical/dental/vision premiums, required work equipment, approved business travel reimbursement, and a $1,500 annual professional-development budget.

Relocation policy Applicants willing to relocate are welcome; relocation expenses are not included.

Visa policy Employment visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

About Alto Cirra

Alto Cirra develops drone-deployed cloud seeding technology and data-backed program capabilities for ski resorts, water districts and watersheds. Our headquarters is in Salt Lake City.

This planned 2027 headquarters role supports our next phase of development. Hiring dates will be agreed individually; regional deployment plans do not represent confirmed local bases or flight authorizations.

Responsibilities

• Develop and tune flight-control and autonomy software.
• Build and use simulation to evaluate behavior before flight.
• Run reviewed verification of software changes.
• Design and test failsafe and contingency behavior.
• Analyze flight logs to find and fix control issues.

Qualifications

• 3+ years developing controls, robotics or autonomy software.
• Strong C++ and Python skills with version control, code review and automated testing.
• Understanding of feedback control, state estimation and flight dynamics.
• Experience with simulation and systematic validation before hardware or flight deployment.

Preferred experience

PX4 or ArduPilot, ROS, MATLAB/Simulink and software- or hardware-in-the-loop testing.

Core skills

C++, Python.