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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems · 2 weeks ago

Senior Electro-Mechanical Engineer - Servo Controls

Poway, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$81K/yr - $142K/yr

4+ years exp

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) is a world leader in proven, reliable remotely piloted aircraft and tactical reconnaissance radars. They are seeking a Senior Electro-Mechanical Engineer - Servo Controls to analyze, design, develop, and troubleshoot control algorithms for various systems related to unmanned air vehicles and ground support equipment.

EnergyEnergy EfficiencyManufacturingWireless

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Analyze, design, develop, support and troubleshoot control algorithms for servo systems, antiskid brakes, environmental control systems and power electronics for unmanned air vehicles and ground support equipment

Will be responsible for analog, digital, S-domain and Z-domain controller design with appropriate analysis, modeling and simulation

Responsibilities also include electrical, mechanical and software test and/or test support in the lab and in the field to verify system performance and troubleshoot problems. This includes test set-up and test data collection

Multidisciplinary responsibilities include plant characterization of electronics, electromagnetic devices, servo mechanisms and aircraft structures

Responsibilities also include requirements definition for individual servo components (electric motors - power, speed, torque; gear trains - reduction ratios, lash, friction characteristics; feedback devices - resolution, accuracy, noise, etc). This includes supporting in-house design or locating off-the-shelf vendor components and/or helping vendors develop components to meet requirements

Responsible for all documentation necessary for sound engineering development (lab notebooks, test reports, trade studies, block diagrams, hand sketches, theory of operations, white papers, etc)

Responsible for all documentation necessary to support production (test procedures, test records, bill of materials, interface control drawings, source control drawings, change requests, change notices, etc)

Responsible for generating documentation as necessary for customer support (slide presentations, field instructions and troubleshooting memos, field alert bulletins)

Will also be required to travel to GA-ASI and military test facilities (El Mirage, Grey Butte and other US facilities) to perform engineering tests and provide engineering support as needed

Required to travel to vendor facilities to provide engineering support and/or vendor evaluation as needed (US)

Performs other duties as assigned

Responsible for observing all laws, regulations and other applicable obligations wherever and whenever business is conducted on behalf of the Company

Expected to work in a safe manner in accordance with established operating procedures and practices

Qualification

Closed loop control designElectro-magnetic devices knowledgeHands-on hardware experienceS-domainZ-domain controllersMicrosoft Excel analysisMATLAB experienceC programming familiarityDigital filtering knowledgeCan-do attitudeSelf-motivated

Required

Typically requires a bachelors degree, masters degree or PhD in engineering or a related technical discipline from an accredited institution and progressive engineering experience as follows; four or more years of experience with a bachelors degree or two or more years of experience with a masters degree. May substitute equivalent engineering experience in lieu of education

Experience in closed loop control analysis and design including S-domain and Z-domain controllers

Must have analytical and practical knowledge of electro-magnetic and mechanical devices

Must have hands on hardware experience

Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Security Clearance is required

Preferred

Background in analysis, design and product development

Experience with analysis in Microsoft Excel and/or MATLAB

Familiarity with C programming

Experience with system verification test methods (phase-gain stability determination using small signal swept sine or random noise, and large signal transient disturbances)

Familiarity with digital filtering, understanding of different types of filters FIR, IIR, Butterworth, etc

Familiarity with Linear Quadratic Regulator and Estimator approaches to quasi optimal steady state and non-steady state controls solutions

Familiarity with simulation techniques including the Runge-Kutta methods of non-linear simulations

Experience with state space approaches to analyzing controls problems as well as classical frequency domain methods

Self-motivated. Completes tasks with little supervision

Can-do attitude that doesn't shy away from new challenges, making adjustments and solving problems real time