Senior GNC Engineer – Electric VTOL Flight Control

Archer; San Jose (CA); In loco; USD 140.000 - 180.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Archer, an aerospace company based in San Jose, California, is hiring a GNC engineer to design and implement flight control algorithms for an all-electric VTOL aircraft. You will work across teams to connect GNC requirements with system-level needs and influence leadership decisions affecting GNC systems.

You will build simulations, run trade studies, and develop tests with the Flight Test team to validate vehicle capabilities, while improving modeling fidelity and data-driven insights for the

Competenze

• BS in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or a related field with at least 5 years of relevant experience OR MS with at least 3 years of relevant experience.
• Proficiency in MATLAB/Simulink.

Mansioni

• Participate in design and implement flight control algorithms for electric VTOL aircraft
• Work cross functionally to connect GNC requirements with other system requirements
• Influence leadership with decisions that are affected by GNC systems.
• Implement creative solutions to efficiently verify complex systems and software
• Build simulations to verify and validate system requirements
• Run trade studies to inform aircraft design and system architecture
• Work with the Flight Test team to design tests that safely evaluate the vehicle capabilities
• Improve the fidelity and capabilities of our vehicle and environment simulation models
• Analyze full-scale and subscale flight data to improve our models
• Author software requirements and test cases that drive the design of the GNC software
• Collaborate with Systems Engineering to properly decompose higher level requirements
• Collaborate with Systems Safety and Systems Engineering to identify and correct any deficiencies in the Flight Control System.

Conoscenze

Vehicle dynamics

Optimization

Control theory

MATLAB/Simulink

Formazione

BS in Aerospace Engineering/EE/related

MS in Aerospace Engineering/EE/related

Descrizione del lavoro

Archer, an aerospace company based in San Jose, California, is hiring a GNC engineer to design and implement flight control algorithms for an all-electric VTOL aircraft. You will work across teams to connect GNC requirements with system-level needs and influence leadership decisions affecting GNC systems.

You will build simulations, run trade studies, and develop tests with the Flight Test team to validate vehicle capabilities, while improving modeling fidelity and data-driven insights for the