Senior Engineer, GNC (EU2026)
Archer (Private) · San Jose
9 months ago
Not specifiedFull Timeflight control systemsguidance navigation and control (gnc)vehicle dynamics
9 months ago
Workplace
Not specified
Employment
Full Time
Location
San Jose
Posted
9 months ago
Summary
Senior engineer role at archer to lead teams designing and implementing flight control algorithms for all-electric vtol aircraft. You will build and run simulations, verify and validate gnc requirements, analyze flight data, and author software requirements and test cases. The position also involves cross-functional work with systems engineering, systems safety, and flight test to design tests and improve simulation fidelity.
Responsibilities
- Lead teams to design flight control algorithms
- Connect gnc requirements with other system requirements
- Verify complex systems and software efficiently
- Build simulations to verify system requirements
- Run trade studies for aircraft design decisions
- Design safe flight test evaluations with flight test
- Analyze flight data to improve simulation models
- Author software requirements and test cases
- Decompose higher level requirements with systems engineering
- Identify and correct deficiencies in flight control system
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