Senior Flight Control Engineer - Autoland & Autoflight

Reliable Robotics Corporation; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Reliable Robotics Corporation, based in Mountain View, CA, seeks a Sr. Flight Control Law Engineer to design, implement, and test autonomous flight control laws across autotaxi, takeoff, autoland, and rollout stages.

You will integrate flight software with real hardware and contribute to flight test programs using C/C++ and Python tools. The role requires 8+ years of hands-on flight control experience, strong understanding of flight dynamics, and effective communication with pilots and

Qualifications

• MS in aerospace engineering, robotics, or equivalent field.
• 8+ years of hands-on 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 controls algorithms

Python data analysis

C/C++ flight software

Communication skills

Flight dynamics simulation

Model identification

Education

MS in aerospace engineering

PhD in aerospace engineering

Job description

Reliable Robotics Corporation, based in Mountain View, CA, seeks a Sr. Flight Control Law Engineer to design, implement, and test autonomous flight control laws across autotaxi, takeoff, autoland, and rollout stages.

You will integrate flight software with real hardware and contribute to flight test programs using C/C++ and Python tools. The role requires 8+ years of hands-on flight control experience, strong understanding of flight dynamics, and effective communication with pilots and