Sr. Flight Control Law Engineer

We're building safety-enhancing technology for aviation that will save lives. Automated aviation systems will enable a future where air transportation is safer more convenient and fundamentally transformative to the way goods — and eventually people — move around the planet. We are a team of mission-driven engineers with experience across aerospace robotics and self-driving cars working to make this future a reality.

As a Sr. Flight Controls Engineer at Reliable Robotics you will be part of the Guidance Navigation and Control (GNC) Team. You will design implement integrate and test flight control laws for all phases of operation including autotaxi auto-takeoff autoland and automatic rollout. You integrate real-world hardware and C/C++ flight software as part of ongoing flight test programs and perform simulation analysis and data reduction in our Python and C/C++ modeling & simulation environment.

Responsibilities

• Establish autoflight and flight control system requirements

• Interface with Pilots and Operations team to develop flight test plans respond to squawks and communicate design updates

• Design and analyze flight control laws from conceptual design through implementation and certification

• Develop simulation models to evaluate flight control system performance and stability

• Implement control laws and algorithms in flight software

• Test flight software in simulation Monte Carlo hardware-in-loop and flight

Basic Success Criteria

• MS in aerospace engineering robotics or equivalent field

• 8+ years of hands on professional experience developing and testing flight controls algorithms

• Experience with flight dynamics simulation and model identification

• Professional experience with developing C/C++ flight software and Python data reduction & analysis

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Criteria

• PhD in aerospace engineering robotics or similar advanced degree

• Current pilot instrument or commercial ratings

• Experience with flight controls autopilot or flight management system certification

We are developing and building high-integrity safety-critical systems for automated flight and your role is critical to what we do at Reliable Robotics. With the support of the entire team you will be making key contributions to the autoflight system that drive our core company mission forward.

Must be willing to travel up to 25% of the time.

The estimated salary range for this position is $200000 to $280000/annual salary + cash and stock option awards + benefits.  At Reliable Robotics we strive to provide competitive and rewarding compensation based on experience and expertise as well as market conditions location and pay equity.

In addition to base compensation Reliable Robotics offers stock options employee medical 401k contribution great co-workers and a casual work environment.

This position requires access to information that is subject to U.S. export controls. An offer of employment will be contingent upon the applicant’s capacity to perform in compliance with U.S. export control laws.

All applicants are asked to provide documentation that legally establishes status as a U.S. person or non-U.S. person (and nationalities in the case of a non-U.S. person). Where the applicant is not a U.S. person meaning not a (i) U.S. citizen or national (ii) U.S. lawful permanent resident (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157 or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158 or not otherwise permitted to access the export-controlled technology without U.S. government authorization the Company reserves the right not to apply for an export license for such applicants whose access to export-controlled technology or software source code requires authorization and may decline to proceed with the application process and any offer of employment on that basis.

At Reliable Robotics our goal is to be a diverse and inclusive workforce.  As an Equal Opportunity Employer we do not discriminate on the basis of race religion color creed ancestry sex gender (including pregnancy childbirth breastfeeding or related medical conditions) gender identity gender expression sexual orientation age non-disqualifying physical or mental disability or medical conditions national origin military or veteran status genetic information marital status or any other basis covered by applicable law. All employment and promotion is decided on the basis of qualifications merit and business need.

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