Senior Flight Controls Engineer

7 hours, 32 minutes ago
Full-time
Senior
IoT and Embedded Systems
Skyways

Skyways

Skyways specializes in innovative aerial transportation solutions, offering a range of hybrid electric and all-electric vehicles designed for versatile and efficient flight capabilities, enabling users to take off and land in various environments.

Aerospace & Defense
11-50
Founded 2017

Description

  • Design, implement, and tune flight control algorithms for autonomous fixed-wing and VTOL aircraft.
  • Own control laws end to end, including requirements definition, simulation, flight code, and validation.
  • Develop and maintain control system models in simulation environments for analysis and testing.
  • Analyze flight test data and logs to diagnose issues and improve performance.
  • Collaborate with avionics, autonomy, mechanical, and flight test teams to integrate and validate control systems.
  • Support ground and flight testing, including on-site test campaigns when needed.
  • Continuously improve robustness, fault tolerance, and performance across the operational envelope.

Requirements

  • Strong fundamentals in control theory, dynamics, and state estimation.
  • Experience implementing flight or vehicle control systems in production code.
  • Comfort working in C++ and Python in embedded or real-time systems.
  • Hands-on experience with simulation, controller tuning, and flight or field testing.
  • Ability to reason from first principles and debug complex, cross-disciplinary problems.
  • Comfort operating in an early-stage environment with incomplete requirements and fast iteration cycles.
  • Experience with UAVs, aerospace systems, or autonomous vehicles (preferred).
  • Familiarity with PX4, ArduPilot, or similar flight control stacks (preferred).
  • Experience with hardware-in-the-loop or software-in-the-loop testing (preferred).
  • Background in fixed-wing, VTOL, or hybrid aircraft control systems (preferred).
  • U.S. citizenship, U.S. permanent residency, or eligibility under applicable export control regulations.

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