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ARArcher

Senior GNC Engineer(m/w/x)

München
from 85,000 - 105,000 / year
Full-timeOn-siteSenior

Designing flight control algorithms for all-electric VTOL aircraft. Vehicle dynamics and MATLAB/Simulink expertise required. Hybrid work, 4-week workation option.

Requirements

  • Strong knowledge of vehicle dynamics, optimization, and control theory
  • BS in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or related field with at least 5 years experience OR MS with at least 3 years experience
  • Proficiency in MATLAB/Simulink
  • Experience verifying GNC systems in simulation and on hardware
  • Expertise with aircraft or rotorcraft performance and handling qualities requirements
  • Experience with envelope protection
  • Experience modeling physics, sensors, and actuators
  • Experience applying system identification techniques to aircraft or rotorcraft
  • Knowledge of fault detection and isolation techniques
  • Experience implementing trajectory generation and/or optimization algorithms
  • Experience flight testing piloted and/or autonomous aircraft or rotorcraft
  • Piloting experience (aircraft or rotorcraft)

Tasks

  • Design and implement flight control algorithms for electric VTOL aircraft
  • Connect GNC requirements with other system requirements cross-functionally
  • Influence leadership on decisions 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
  • Design tests with the Flight Test team to safely evaluate vehicle capabilities
  • Improve fidelity and capabilities of vehicle and environment simulation models
  • Analyze full-scale and subscale flight data to improve models
  • Author software requirements and test cases for GNC software design
  • Decompose higher-level requirements with Systems Engineering
  • Identify and correct Flight Control System deficiencies with Systems Safety and Systems Engineering

Work Experience

  • 3 - 5 years

Education

  • Bachelor's degreeOR
  • Master's degree

Languages

  • EnglishBusiness Fluent

Tools & Technologies

  • MATLAB/Simulink
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