Flight Dynamics & Controls Engineer for Fixed-Wing UAVs

Socket.dev; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

ACS Equity Package

Health, Dental, Vision Insurance

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Allen Control Systems is seeking a Flight Dynamics & Controls Engineer to own aerodynamic modeling, flight control design, and system identification for a high-performance fixed-wing UAV. This individual contributor role demands depth in aeronautics and classical controls.

Responsibilities include developing accurate aerodynamic models, tuning control laws, and designing flight tests to validate model predictions against real-world data.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of experience in controls, flight dynamics, or related discipline.
• Solid aeronautics knowledge covering fixed-wing stability and flight mechanics.

Responsibilities

• Use AVL to build and refine aerodynamic models; improve simulator fidelity.
• Design, tune flight control laws including altitude and airspeed loops.
• Design flight test maneuvers for system identification; analyze flight data.

Skills

Flight dynamics

Controls theory

Aerospace engineering

Tools

Python

C++

Job description

Allen Control Systems is seeking a Flight Dynamics & Controls Engineer to own aerodynamic modeling, flight control design, and system identification for a high-performance fixed-wing UAV. This individual contributor role demands depth in aeronautics and classical controls.

Responsibilities include developing accurate aerodynamic models, tuning control laws, and designing flight tests to validate model predictions against real-world data.