Senior Flight Controls & Guidance Engineer

Virgin Galactic; Tustin (CA); On-site; USD 109,000 - 166,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualifications

• 8+ years in Mechanical/Aerospace/Electrical engineering; MS preferred
• 5+ years in aerospace vehicle control systems and simulation
• Proficient with MATLAB/Simulink and MBSD for safety-critical code

Responsibilities

• Participate in test planning, sim eval, and handling-qualities analysis for Spaceship.
• Design stability augmentation/control for Spaceship and launch-vehicle primary flight controls.
• Support flight tests and analyze flight data in mission control.
• Review peers’ work for quality and early bug catching.
• Perform system identification to drive simulator accuracy.
• Develop flight control requirements, Simulink implementations and tests.
• Diagnose and resolve simulation issues across disciplines.
• Maintain timeliness and deliverables; collaborate across teams.

Skills

Flight control systems

MATLAB/Simulink

Embedded C

Git version control

System diagnostics

16-bit/6DOF modelling

Strong communication

Education

B.S. in Mechanical, Aerospace, or Electrical Engineering

Tools

MIL-SPEC Standards

Job description