Flight Simulation Engineering Intern (Summer 2027)

Reliable Robotics; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 25,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Reliable Robotics is building safety-enhancing aviation technology and seeks a Flight Simulation intern to join our team in Mountain View, CA. You will help design, implement, and test simulation models under senior engineers, gaining hands-on experience with GNC and aircraft dynamics.

You are pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree in aerospace or software engineering and are proficient in C/C++ or Python, seeking to tackle challenging problems in a mission-driven environment.

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled as a junior or senior in an undergraduate program in aerospace engineering, software engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• A solid understanding of fundamentals -- engineering math, numerical methods, and flight dynamics
• Proficient in any of C/C++/Python
• Interest in one or more of the following areas: modeling of physical systems, simulation, autonomy, GNC
• Proactive and motivated to tackle hard problems
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Responsibilities

• Build infrastructure for automated simulation and hardware-in-the-loop testing of Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) software.
• Develop and assess physics-based models representative of aircraft dynamics (aerodynamics, ground reactions, actuator models, etc.)
• Develop flight test plans and conduct post-test data review
• Develop tools for visualizing and analyzing simulation and flight data
• Perform validation of simulation models against flight test data

Skills

C/C++

Python

Engineering math

Flight dynamics

Communication skills

Education

Undergraduate aerospace engineering

Graduate program enrollment

Job description

We're building safety-enhancing technology for aviation that will save lives. Automated aviation systems will enable a future where air transportation is safer, more convenient and fundamentally transformative to the way goods - and eventually people - move around the planet. We are a team of mission-driven engineers with experience across aerospace, robotics and self-driving cars working to make this future a reality.

As a Flight Simulation intern at Reliable Robotics, you will work with a team of mission-driven engineers with experience across aviation, space, robotics and self-driving cars to support our autonomous flight systems. Reliable Robotics has year-round internship opportunities for students pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree in aerospace engineering, software engineering or a similar field of study. Successful candidates will work alongside senior engineers to design, implement, and test simulation models.

Responsibilities

• Build infrastructure for automated simulation and hardware-in-the-loop testing of Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) software.

• Develop and assess physics-based models representative of aircraft dynamics (aerodynamics, ground reactions, actuator models, etc.)

• Develop flight test plans and conduct post-test data review

• Develop tools for visualizing and analyzing simulation and flight data

• Perform validation of simulation models against flight test data

Basic Success Criteria

• Currently enrolled as a junior or senior in an undergraduate program in aerospace engineering, software engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

• A solid understanding of fundamentals -- engineering math, numerical methods, and flight dynamics

• Proficient in any of C/C++/Python

• Interest in one or more of the following areas: modeling of physical systems, simulation, autonomy, GNC

• Proactive and motivated to tackle hard problems

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Success Criteria

• Currently enrolled in a graduate program in aerospace engineering, or similar advanced degree

• Experience in one or more of the following areas: Aircraft modeling and dynamics, aerodynamics, system identification, GNC.

This position requires access to information that is subject to U.S. export controls. An offer of employment will be contingent upon the applicant's capacity to perform in compliance with U.S. export control laws.

All applicants are asked to provide documentation that legally establishes status as a U.S. person or non-U.S. person (and nationalities in the case of a non-U.S. person). Where the applicant is not a U.S. person, meaning not a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful permanent resident, (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. * 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. * 1158, or not otherwise permitted to access the export‑controlled technology without U.S. government authorization, the Company reserves the right not to apply for an export license for such applicants whose access to export‑controlled technology or software source code requires authorization and may decline to proceed with the application process and any offer of employment on that basis.

At Reliable Robotics, our goal is to be a diverse and inclusive workforce. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, creed, ancestry, sex, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, non‑disqualifying physical or mental disability or medical conditions, national origin, military or veteran status, genetic information, marital status, or any other basis covered by applicable law. All employment and promotion is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.

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