Staff Controls Engineer

What you will do:

• You will take part in developing flight software models and improving existing models within the Control Laws Development Team.
• As part of the Aircraft IPT, you will support such groups as the Aerodynamics, Structures, Stability & Control, and Vehicle Management Software Teams.
• You will support problem solving activities following flight tests on our Subscale prototype vehicle, in which you will improve control law algorithms after reviewing the flight test data.
• You will help coordinate analysis activities to support verification of design requirements for satisfying software certification objectives.
• You will take part in developing new GNC tools using software best practices in MATLAB/Simulink
• In some areas, you will be working closely with the Model-Based Design Team, contributing to software development and verification activities for developing high-integrity software. 
• As a Senior Staff Controls Engineer, you will help develop new GNC tools using software best practices in MATLAB & Simulink.
• You will support SIL/HIL and flight test operations activities in debugging anomalies and issues.
• You will run closed-loop simulations within the flight physics simulation engine, and improve software design models after analyzing the logged results.
• You will obtain a high level of familiarity with our vehicle’s avionics, software architecture, mode & controller algorithms, and the team’s analysis tools.

Requirements:

• B.S. or M.S. in Aeronautical/Aerospace or Mechanical/Electrical Engineering with at least 8 years of industry experience.
• You have previously worked on a GNC team and have strong knowledge control theory.  
• You have hands-on experience creating control laws algorithms, and have developed strong MATLAB programming & Simulink modeling skills.
• You have a deep and applied knowledge of fixed wing and rotorcraft aerodynamics and aircraft flight dynamics.
• You have a strong simulation background for testing your control laws in a 6DOF environment.
• You have led teams that achieved certification of their control laws.
• You are familiar with Subpart B certification rules and means of compliance.
• You have experience in the following areas:
• -Designing robust control and allocation algorithms
• -Analyzing state estimation and sensor outputs (accelerometers, gyros, magnetometer, GPS, pressure transducers, etc.)
• -Writing software requirements for controls algorithms
• -Using simulation for aiding certification of control systems