Engineer II, Flight Controls - X-BAT (R4816)
Shield AIDallasFull TimeEngineering
Remotely
pythonsimulationmatlab/simulinkhilgncflight controls6dof
Job Description
📋 Description
- Contribute to the XBAT flight control system for robustness across all flight phases
- Design and implement flight control laws for multiple regimes
- Build high-fidelity 6DOF simulation environments for control development
- Verify with linear analysis, Monte Carlo, disturbance testing, and HIL validation
- Diagnose simulation-to-test mismatches and modeling gaps
- Support flight test ops and rapid iteration between flights
🎯 Requirements
- 3+ years in flight controls / GNC on real flight vehicles
- Experience in vehicle modeling & simulation for 6DOF environments
- Control law design for inner/outer loops on fixed-wing aircraft
- Control allocation for over-actuated systems
- Trajectory generation algorithm experience
- Validation: linear/nonlinear/Monte Carlo analyses; robustness studies
🎁 Benefits
- Pay within listed range + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
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