Lead Flight Control Systems Engineer - Autoflight & Autoland

Reliable Robotics; United States; On-site; USD 215,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Reliable Robotics is developing safety-enhancing automation for aviation. We are seeking a Sr. Flight Control Law Engineer to join the Guidance, Navigation, and Control team to design, implement, and test flight control laws for autoflight, auto-takeoff, autoland, and rollout.

You will integrate C/C++ flight software with real hardware, perform simulation analysis in Python, and contribute to flight test programs. Strong communication and aerospace background are required.

Qualifications

• MS in aerospace engineering, robotics, or equivalent field.
• 8+ years of hands on, professional experience developing and testing flight controls algorithms.
• Experience with flight dynamics simulation and model identification.
• Professional experience with developing C/C++ flight software and Python data reduction & analysis.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Establish autoflight and flight control system requirements.
• Interface with Pilots and Operations team to develop flight test plans, respond to squawks, and communicate design updates.
• Design and analyze flight control laws from conceptual design through implementation and certification.
• Develop simulation models to evaluate flight control system performance and stability.
• Implement control laws and algorithms in flight software.
• Test flight software in simulation, Monte Carlo, hardware-in-loop, and flight.

Skills

Flight control algorithms

C/C++ development

Python data analysis

Aerospace engineering

Communication skills

Education

MS in aerospace engineering, robotics, or equivalent

PhD in aerospace engineering, robotics, or similar

Tools

Flight dynamics simulation

Model identification

Hardware-in-loop

Job description

Reliable Robotics is developing safety-enhancing automation for aviation. We are seeking a Sr. Flight Control Law Engineer to join the Guidance, Navigation, and Control team to design, implement, and test flight control laws for autoflight, auto-takeoff, autoland, and rollout.

You will integrate C/C++ flight software with real hardware, perform simulation analysis in Python, and contribute to flight test programs. Strong communication and aerospace background are required.