Senior Controls Engineer - Precision Pointing & Gimbal

AeroVironment, Inc.; Albuquerque (NM); Sur place; USD 112 000 - 170 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

AeroVironment, Inc. seeks an experienced Controls Engineer to design, develop, model, simulate, and test control algorithms for advanced directed energy and precision tracking systems. You will contribute to motion control, guidance, and real-time performance across multidisciplinary teams.

The ideal candidate has a strong background in robotics, signal processing, data analysis, and modeling/simulation, with MATLAB and Python expertise. Security clearance eligibility and U.S.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Robotics, Controls Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 5-10 years of relevant engineering experience in controls, robotics, GNC, autonomous systems, precision motion systems, or similar applications.
• Demonstrated experience designing and analyzing closed-loop control systems.

Responsabilités

• Design, develop, analyze, and validate closed-loop control systems for precision pointing, tracking, stabilization, and motion-control applications.
• Develop control algorithms for high-performance gimbaled, robotic, and electro-mechanical systems.
• Apply classical and modern control techniques including feedback control, state-space methods, filtering, estimation, system identification, and trajectory generation.
• Support guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) algorithm development and integration.
• Develop models and simulations of dynamic systems to evaluate system performance, control-loop behavior, disturbances, and design trades.
• Perform signal processing and sensor-data analysis to characterize system performance and identify opportunities for improvement.

Connaissances

Motion Control

GNC

Robotics

Signal Processing

Data Analysis

Modeling & Simulation

MATLAB

Python

State Estimation

Sensor Fusion

System Identification

Control Systems

Formation

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Robotics, Controls Engineering, or a related technical discipline

Outils

MATLAB

Python

Description du poste

AeroVironment, Inc. seeks an experienced Controls Engineer to design, develop, model, simulate, and test control algorithms for advanced directed energy and precision tracking systems. You will contribute to motion control, guidance, and real-time performance across multidisciplinary teams.

The ideal candidate has a strong background in robotics, signal processing, data analysis, and modeling/simulation, with MATLAB and Python expertise. Security clearance eligibility and U.S.