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Archer · 1 week ago

Sr Staff GNC Engineer

San Jose, California, United States

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$190K/yr - $250K/yr

6+ years exp

Archer is an aerospace company based in San Jose, California building an all-electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft with a mission to advance the benefits of sustainable air mobility. The Sr Staff GNC Engineer will lead teams to design and implement flight control algorithms for electric VTOL aircraft while working cross-functionally to connect GNC requirements with other system requirements.

AerospaceAir TransportationElectric VehicleManufacturing

No H1B

Responsibilities

Lead teams to design and implement flight control algorithms for electric VTOL aircraft

Work cross functionally to connect GNC requirements with other system requirements

Influence leadership with decisions that are affected by GNC systems

Implement creative solutions to efficiently verify complex systems and software

Build simulations to verify and validate system requirements

Run trade studies to inform aircraft design and system architecture

Work with the Flight Test team to design tests that safely evaluate the vehicle capabilities

Improve the fidelity and capabilities of our vehicle and environment simulation models

Analyze full-scale and subscale flight data to improve our models

Author software requirements and test cases that drive the design of the GNC software

Collaborate with Systems Engineering to properly decompose higher level requirements

Collaborate with Systems Safety and Systems Engineering to identify and correct any deficiencies in the Flight Control System

Qualification

Vehicle dynamicsControl theoryMATLAB/SimulinkGNC systems verificationTrajectory generationFault detection techniquesPiloting experienceSystem identification techniques

Required

Strong knowledge of vehicle dynamics, optimization, and both classical and modern control theory

BS in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or a related field with at least 10 years of relevant experience OR MS with at least 8 years of relevant experience OR PhD with at least 6 years of relevant experience

Proficiency in MATLAB/Simulink