Staff Flight Controls Engineer

What you’ll do: (specifics on what the role entails and what is to be expected of the candidate on a daily basis)

• Design and implement flight control requirements and algorithms for novel electric VTOL aircraft guidance, navigation, and control logics.
• Design and implement requirements for the aircraft sensors and state estimation algorithms, including sensors selection, voting, monitoring, fault detection, and sensor fusion.
• Implement creative solutions to efficiently verify complex systems and software
• Run trade studies to inform aircraft design and system architecture
• Improve the fidelity and capabilities of our vehicle and environment simulation models
• Author and validate system and software requirements and test cases that drive the design of the GNC and State Estimation software
• Support the integration and test of the flight control system and evaluate system performance during aircraft lab integration and flight test campaigns
• Analyze flight and lab test data to improve our models
• Collaborate with Systems Engineering to properly decompose higher level requirements
• Collaborate with Systems Safety and Systems Engineering to identify and correct any deficiencies in the flight control system.
• Collaborate with Software Engineering to properly implement and verify flight control system algorithms

What you need: (degrees, skills, years of experience, etc.)

• Strong knowledge of vehicle dynamics and both classical and modern control theory
• BS in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or a related field with at least 10 years of relevant experience OR
  MS with at least 8 years of relevant experience OR
  PhD with at least 6 years of relevant experience
• High proficiency in MATLAB/Simulink

Bonus Qualifications: 

Familiarity with aircraft or rotorcraft performance and handling qualities requirements

• Experience with envelope protection
• Experience with modeling physics, sensors, and actuators
• Experience with source selection and fault detection of redundant sensors inputs
• Experience with sensor signal processing and sensor fusion algorithms such as Kalman Filters
• Experience implementing trajectory generation and/or optimization algorithms
• Technical knowledge of aircraft inertial sensor types like AHRS, INS, GNSS, and others such as Air Data Systems and Radar Altimeters
• Experience with SAE ARP4754A, RTCA DO-178C, or RTCA DO-331
• Experience flight testing piloted and/or autonomous aircraft or rotorcraft
• Piloting experience (aircraft or rotorcraft)

Archer is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusivity in the workplace. All aspects of employment are decided on the basis of merit, qualifications, and business needs. We do not discriminate based upon race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

At Archer we aim to attract, retain, and motivate talent that possess the skills and leadership necessary to grow our business. We drive a pay-for-performance culture and reward performance that supports the Company’s business strategy. For this position we are targeting a base pay between 151,680 - 189,600. Actual compensation offered will be determined by factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Archer is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to job applicants with physical or mental disabilities, and those with sincerely held religious beliefs. Applicants who may require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should provide their name and contact information to Archer’s People Team at [email protected]. Reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis.