Staff Engineer, Flight Controls - X-BAT (R4813)
Shield AIDallasFull TimeEngineering
Remotely
pythonsimulationmatlab/simulinkhilgncflight controls6dof
Job Description
📋 Description
- Contribute to XBAT flight control system for stable, robust flight performance
- Design and implement flight control laws across regimes
- Build mature 6DOF simulation environments for control development
- Execute verification: linear analysis, Monte Carlo, HIL validation
- Diagnose simulation-to-test gaps and modeling gaps
- Support flight test ops and rapid iteration between flights
🎯 Requirements
- 6+ years in flight controls / GNC on real vehicles
- Vehicle Modeling and Simulation in 6DOF environments
- Control Law Design for inner/outer loops
- Control Allocation for over-actuated systems
- Guidance/Autonomy integration and real-time trajectory generation
- Verification and Validation in 6DOF sim; MIL-HDBK-516 familiarity
🎁 Benefits
- Full-time regular employee offer with range, bonus, benefits, equity
- Opportunity to mentor and up-skill junior engineers
- Equal employment opportunity employer
- Collaborative, mission-driven team across multiple locations
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