Senior GNC Engineer - VTOL Flight Control & Simulation

Archer; United States; Remote; USD 220.000 - 270.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Archer, an aerospace company in San Jose, California, is developing an all-electric VTOL aircraft to transport four passengers with minimal noise. The role centers on designing and implementing flight control algorithms, building simulations, and collaborating with the Flight Test team to validate performance and safety for next-generation electric aircraft.

Applicants should have deep knowledge of vehicle dynamics and control theory, with strong MATLAB/Simulink skills, and will verify designs

Qualifikationen

• BS in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or related field with 10+ years of experience.
• MS with 6+ years of relevant experience.
• PhD with 4+ years of relevant experience.
• Proficiency in MATLAB/Simulink.

Aufgaben

• Design and implement flight control algorithms for novel VTOL aircraft.
• 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 sub scale 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.

Kenntnisse

Vehicle dynamics

Control theory

MATLAB/Simulink

GNC software

Ausbildung

BS in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or related field with 10+ years

MS with 6+ years of relevant experience

PhD with 4+ years of relevant experience

Jobbeschreibung

Archer, an aerospace company in San Jose, California, is developing an all-electric VTOL aircraft to transport four passengers with minimal noise. The role centers on designing and implementing flight control algorithms, building simulations, and collaborating with the Flight Test team to validate performance and safety for next-generation electric aircraft.

Applicants should have deep knowledge of vehicle dynamics and control theory, with strong MATLAB/Simulink skills, and will verify designs