Staff Engineer, Core Flight Controls

3 days, 4 hours ago
Full-time
Senior
IoT and Embedded Systems
Merlin Labs

Merlin Labs

Merlin Labs is an aviation technology firm focused on developing fully autonomous flight systems by combining advanced automation with human piloting to ensure safe and reliable air travel as global demand increases.

Aerospace & Defense
51-250
Founded 2018
$134M raised

Description

  • Design and implement flight controls for the aircraft automation system.
  • Decompose system requirements into low-level flight controls requirements.
  • Develop and use simulation tools for flight controls development and testing.
  • Build and analyze control law models in Simulink, MATLAB, and Python.
  • Participate in flight testing for system identification and control law verification across multiple aircraft types.
  • Own the flight control system end-to-end and support product delivery to programs and customers.
  • Collaborate across Merlin to develop novel, certifiable aviation autonomy systems.

Requirements

  • BS in Aerospace, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering.
  • 5+ years of experience developing control systems for fixed-wing aircraft.
  • Strong understanding of fixed-wing aircraft dynamics and classical/modern control design and analysis.
  • Experience decomposing system requirements into outer-loop and inner-loop control requirements.
  • Experience in model-based development and certification of flight control systems.
  • Proficiency with MATLAB/Simulink or another model-based development toolset.
  • Experience designing, implementing, and testing software for real-time systems.
  • Experience with linear model development, linear analysis, and frequency-domain gain tuning techniques.
  • MS/PhD in Aerospace Engineering and/or Controls (preferred).
  • Experience developing never-before-flown control systems (preferred).
  • Experience extracting linear state-space models from flight test data (preferred).
  • Experience working directly with customers and representing a company (preferred).
  • Pilot license (preferred).
  • Proficiency in C/C++ or Python (preferred).
  • Must be authorized to work in the United States without visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Benefits

  • Top-notch benefits package including health, dental, life, and 401(k) with match.
  • Unlimited vacation.
  • Work/life integration.
  • Innovative, entrepreneurial, and team-focused startup environment.
  • Professional development support.

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