Flight Controls & Avionics Integration Engineer

Embention USA; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Embention seeks a Flight Controls & Avionics Systems Integration Engineer in Los Angeles to lead end-to-end integration, validation, tuning, and deployment of mission-critical flight control systems across UAV platforms.

You will collaborate with customer and internal teams, perform SIL/HIL testing, ground and flight trials, and data analysis to ensure safety, reliability, and performance throughout the integration lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Aerospace Engineering, Controls Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related field.
• Strong foundation in flight control systems, system dynamics, and avionics architectures.
• Hands-on experience with systems integration, validation, and testing of aircraft or autonomous systems.
• Experience using MATLAB / Simulink for modeling, simulation, or control development.
• Knowledge of control algorithms (e.g., PID, stability concepts).
• Ability to work directly with hardware, software, and control systems in an integrated environment.
• Willingness to travel up to 50% to customer, integration, and test locations.

Responsibilities

• Integrate and configure flight control and avionics systems to form complete aircraft platforms.
• Lead system-level integration of Veronte autopilots and avionics across UAVs and aerospace platforms.
• Support flight control law configuration and tuning, including gain tuning and parameter optimization.
• Perform SIL, HIL, and bench-level simulations to support verification and validation activities.
• Define and execute system integration procedures, flight planning workflows, and validation processes.
• Support ground testing, functional testing, and flight test campaigns, including on-site test support.
• Diagnose and resolve complex system-level, aerodynamic, electronic, and integration issues.
• Analyze flight data and telemetry to validate system performance and identify anomalies.
• Interface with multidisciplinary teams in a safety-critical aerospace environment.
• Serve as technical integration point for U.S. based customers during integration and test phases

Skills

Flight control systems

System dynamics

Avionics architectures

Systems integration

Verification & validation

Education

Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Aerospace Engineering or related field

Tools

MATLAB/Simulink

X-Plane or flight simulation tools

Job description

Embention seeks a Flight Controls & Avionics Systems Integration Engineer in Los Angeles to lead end-to-end integration, validation, tuning, and deployment of mission-critical flight control systems across UAV platforms.

You will collaborate with customer and internal teams, perform SIL/HIL testing, ground and flight trials, and data analysis to ensure safety, reliability, and performance throughout the integration lifecycle.