Senior Flight Control Systems Engineer

Joby Aviation•Santa Cruz, CA

About The Position

As a Senior Flight Control Systems Engineer, you will own functionality in the flight control algorithm, design and orchestrate simulations to validate control law design, and direct verification activities for system-level behavior in laboratories and on aircraft. You will author and coordinate aircraft- and system-level requirements and support validation activities. Working with the modeling team, you will create simulations and analysis frameworks for collecting and presenting critical design data. You will coordinate with Aircraft, Safety, Avionics, Loads, Performance, Rotor Dynamics, and Flight Test teams to identify deficiencies and refine the aircraft design. You will also work with software engineers to ensure relevant tests are run and the resulting artifacts are produced, stored, and linked.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science degree plus 5 years of experience, or Master of Science degree plus 3 years of experience, in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, computer science, or a related field.
Knowledge of classical controls, modern state-space controls, and numerical optimization.
Knowledge of multi-body dynamics, aerodynamics, and electrical powertrain.
Knowledge of digital signal processing and real-time embedded systems.
Proficiency in MATLAB/Simulink, C/C++, and Python.

Nice To Haves

Passion about flying machines.

Responsibilities

Coordinate aircraft-level and system-level teams to solve design challenges.
Recommend design closure based on simulation and analysis of aircraft responses.
Develop and implement flight control features.
Develop analysis and verification frameworks.
Author and manage requirements.