Senior Control Laws & Handling Engineer

Supernal; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Supernal in Irvine, CA is seeking a Sr. Engineer, Control Law (CLAWS) & Handling Qualities Engineer to advance air vehicle design, simulation, and flight test through CLAWS model development and handling qualities assessment.

You will collaborate with the Flight Sciences team to evaluate stability, control law behavior, and aircraft response, supporting design reviews, test planning, and cross-functional studies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering or related field required.
• Five (5) years of relevant experience in flight dynamics, controls, or handling qualities.
• Experience with MATLAB/Simulink for modeling, simulation and control integration.
• Experience with engineering simulation environments for aircraft or similar systems.
• Familiarity with real-time or pilot-in-the-loop simulation and hardware-in-the-loop testing.

Responsibilities

• Develop and analyze control laws, assess flight control law behavior and closed-loop response.
• Evaluate stability, controllability, handling qualities, and aircraft response using models and simulations.
• Support analysis of stability augmentation, envelope protection, mode transitions, and fault behaviors.
• Document findings, risks, assumptions, and recommendations for design reviews and discussions.
• Collaborate across groups for integrated aircraft-level technical reviews.

Skills

Flight dynamics

Control law analysis

Handling qualities

MATLAB/Simulink

Real-time simulation

Pilot in the loop

Test planning

Engineering communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering

Tools

FLIGHTLAB

Job description

Supernal in Irvine, CA is seeking a Sr. Engineer, Control Law (CLAWS) & Handling Qualities Engineer to advance air vehicle design, simulation, and flight test through CLAWS model development and handling qualities assessment.

You will collaborate with the Flight Sciences team to evaluate stability, control law behavior, and aircraft response, supporting design reviews, test planning, and cross-functional studies.