Servo Controls Engineer

General Atomics-posted 3 months ago
$81,080 - $141,650/Yr
Poway, CA
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), an affiliate of General Atomics, is a world leader in proven, reliable remotely piloted aircraft and tactical reconnaissance radars, as well as advanced high-resolution surveillance systems. We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Servo Controls Engineer within our ASI Electrical Engineering group. The position is located in Poway, CA.

  • 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.
  • Responsible for analog, digital, S-domain and Z-domain controller design with appropriate analysis, modeling and simulation.
  • Conduct electrical, mechanical and software test and/or test support in the lab and in the field to verify system performance and troubleshoot problems.
  • Set up tests and collect test data.
  • Characterize electronics, electromagnetic devices, servo mechanisms and aircraft structures.
  • Define requirements for individual servo components including electric motors, gear trains, and feedback devices.
  • Support in-house design or locate off-the-shelf vendor components and/or help vendors develop components to meet requirements.
  • Generate documentation necessary for sound engineering development including lab notebooks, test reports, trade studies, block diagrams, and theory of operations.
  • Create documentation necessary to support production including test procedures, test records, bill of materials, and change requests.
  • Generate customer support documentation including slide presentations, field instructions, and troubleshooting memos.
  • Travel to GA-ASI and military test facilities to perform engineering tests and provide engineering support.
  • Travel to vendor facilities to provide engineering support and/or vendor evaluation as needed.
  • Observe all laws, regulations and other applicable obligations wherever and whenever business is conducted on behalf of the Company.
  • Work in a safe manner in accordance with established operating procedures and practices.
  • Typically requires a bachelor's degree, master's degree or PhD in engineering or a related technical discipline from an accredited institution.
  • Four or more years of experience with a bachelor's degree or two or more years of experience with a master's degree.
  • Experience in closed loop control analysis and design including S-domain and Z-domain controllers.
  • Analytical and practical knowledge of electro-magnetic and mechanical devices.
  • Hands-on hardware experience.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Security Clearance.
  • 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.
  • Familiarity with digital filtering and 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 and able to complete tasks with little supervision.
  • Can-do attitude that doesn't shy away from new challenges, making adjustments and solving problems in real time.
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