Flight-Test & System Identification Engineer

Signal Processing Engineer (RF Processing & Analytics); Paris (TX); On-site; USD 100,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Harmattan AI in Paris is seeking a System Identification Engineer to own the path from flight test to identified model. You will design experiments, build a repeatable identification pipeline, and deliver models the guidance and control team can trust.

You will work on identifying dynamic models of flying platforms, from multirotors to fixed-wing and VTOL configurations, and support simulation and flight testing with senior engineers.

Qualifications

• Educational background in aerospace, control, mechanical engineering or related STEM field; practical track record matters.
• Proven experience identifying dynamic models of flying platforms from real data, in frequency and time domain, including closed-loop data.
• Solid grasp of rigid-body dynamics, aerodynamic forces/moments, non-dimensionalization, stability modes and propulsion models; enough control background for model use.

Responsibilities

• Plan and run identification tests from flight tests to data processing and model delivery.
• Identify rigid-body, aerodynamic, propulsion and actuator dynamics using frequency and time-domain methods.
• Characterize motors, ESCs, propellers and control surfaces including bandwidth, delays, saturation and thermal effects.
• Build and maintain an automated, reproducible pipeline from flight logs to identified model.
• Validate models against held-out flight data and quantify uncertainty for controller design or simulation.
• Extend capabilities from multirotors to fixed-wing and VTOL configurations.
• Deliver models into simulation, SITL/HITL, and work with control and embedded engineers to close the loop between models and flight results.
• Mentor junior engineers and interns.

Skills

System identification

Flight testing

Python programming

Education

Bachelor's in aerospace/controls or related STEM

Tools

Python

SciPy/NumPy

Job description

Harmattan AI in Paris is seeking a System Identification Engineer to own the path from flight test to identified model. You will design experiments, build a repeatable identification pipeline, and deliver models the guidance and control team can trust.

You will work on identifying dynamic models of flying platforms, from multirotors to fixed-wing and VTOL configurations, and support simulation and flight testing with senior engineers.