Staff Flight Sciences Engineer: Flight Performance & Safety

Reaxiomatic; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Reaxiomatic in San Diego is seeking a Staff Flight Sciences Engineer to assess and validate flight performance and safety margins of aircraft systems. The engineer will emphasize rigorous analysis to ensure compliance with performance requirements and work closely with various engineering disciplines.

This role involves developing analytical packages for certification and serving as a technical interface with regulators, ensuring that integrated systems provide safe and compliant flight operations.

Qualifications

• Strong first-principles understanding of flight sciences including aerodynamics, propulsion, and flight mechanics.
• Experience performing technical analysis across the full engineering lifecycle.
• Ability to translate engineering analysis into clear technical rationale for stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Assess and validate flight performance and safety margins of systems developed by Reax.
• Develop analytical packages that support certification or experimental approval pathways.
• Work closely with engineering teams to ensure the combined output of multiple subsystems aligns with safety and compliance.

Skills

First-principles understanding of flight sciences

Disciplined analytical reasoning

Technical analysis across engineering lifecycle

Clear technical rationale

Integration across technical domains

Job description

Reaxiomatic in San Diego is seeking a Staff Flight Sciences Engineer to assess and validate flight performance and safety margins of aircraft systems. The engineer will emphasize rigorous analysis to ensure compliance with performance requirements and work closely with various engineering disciplines.

This role involves developing analytical packages for certification and serving as a technical interface with regulators, ensuring that integrated systems provide safe and compliant flight operations.