Flight Guidance Intern: Autonomous Aviation Systems

Reliable Robotics; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 34,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Reliable Robotics is seeking a Flight Guidance Engineering Intern in Mountain View, CA to join a mission-driven team building safe autonomous flight systems. You will help design, implement, and test guidance features interfacing with flight control and pilot displays.

The role emphasizes C++ and Python, simulation and hardware-in-the-loop testing, and strong communication, with preference for students in aerospace, robotics or software engineering.

Qualifications

• Enrolled as a junior or senior undergraduate in aerospace, robotics, software engineering or related field.
• Solid fundamentals in engineering math, kinematics and dynamics.
• Proficient in C++ and Python.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Design guidance system features that interface with flight control systems and pilot displays.
• Implement flight guidance algorithms in flight software and validate in simulation.
• Build infrastructure for automated simulation and hardware-in-the-loop testing of guidance algorithms.
• Integrate and verify guidance system features in software-in-the-loop and hardware-in-the-loop test environments.
• Develop flight test plans and conduct post-test data review.

Skills

C++

Python

Communication skills

Embedded systems

Education

Junior or senior undergrad in aerospace/robotics/software engineering

Graduate student in aerospace/robotics/software engineering

Job description

Reliable Robotics is seeking a Flight Guidance Engineering Intern in Mountain View, CA to join a mission-driven team building safe autonomous flight systems. You will help design, implement, and test guidance features interfacing with flight control and pilot displays.

The role emphasizes C++ and Python, simulation and hardware-in-the-loop testing, and strong communication, with preference for students in aerospace, robotics or software engineering.