Senior Flight Controls Engineer for Spaceflight

Socket.dev; Tustin (CA); On-site; USD 109,000 - 166,000; Full time

Job summary

Virgin Galactic seeks a Senior Engineer for Flight Controls Guidance, Navigation and Control to develop analysis and software delivering good handling qualities across the Spaceship mission profile. You will collaborate with pilots, test, avionics, mechanical systems and systems engineering on the full lifecycle from concept to flight test and operations.

You will participate in design, testing, and validation while maintaining timeliness and quality, focusing on robust control solutions for

Qualifications

• 8+ years in Mechanical, Aerospace, or Electrical Engineering with BS/MS.
• 5+ years in aerospace vehicle control systems and simulation.
• Experience modelling actuators, controllers, electrical systems, 6DOF.
• Strong knowledge of flight control systems and fixed-wing dynamics.
• MATLAB and Simulink in Model Based Design of safety-critical code.
• Knowledge of classical and modern control theory.
• Excellent diagnostic and communication skills.
• Familiar with embedded C and Git version control.
• Familiar with MIL-STD-1797B and SAE AS-94900.
• Flight test or pilot experience beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Participate in test planning, sim eval, and handling qualities analysis.
• Design stability augmentation and primary flight controls.
• Support flight test and analyze flight data.
• Review peers’ work for quality control.
• Perform system identification to drive simulator accuracy.
• Develop flight control software requirements, Simulink tests.
• Diagnose and resolve simulation issues across disciplines.
• Maintain timeliness and deliverables daily.
• Work with teams to achieve goals and follow team leader directions.

Skills

Aircraft control systems

MATLAB/Simulink

Model Based Design

Embedded C

Flight test experience

MIL-SPEC awareness

Diagnostics

Git

6DOF modelling

Control theory

Education

B.S./M.S. in Mechanical/Aerospace/Electrical Engineering

Tools

MATLAB/Simulink

Git

MIL-SPEC standards

Job description

Virgin Galactic seeks a Senior Engineer for Flight Controls Guidance, Navigation and Control to develop analysis and software delivering good handling qualities across the Spaceship mission profile. You will collaborate with pilots, test, avionics, mechanical systems and systems engineering on the full lifecycle from concept to flight test and operations.

You will participate in design, testing, and validation while maintaining timeliness and quality, focusing on robust control solutions for