Design and implement flight control algorithms for eVTOL using MATLAB/Simulink. Build high-fidelity models and simulations, verify requirements, run trade studies, support flight test, analyze flight data, author requirements and test cases, and collaborate with Systems and Safety teams to decompose and validate GNC systems.
Archer is an aerospace company based in San Jose, California building an all-electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft with a mission to advance the benefits of sustainable air mobility. We are designing, manufacturing, and operating an all-electric aircraft that can carry four passengers while producing minimal noise.
Our sights are set high and our problems are hard, and we believe that diversity in the workplace is what makes us smarter, drives better insights, and will ultimately lift us all to success. We are dedicated to cultivating an equitable and inclusive environment that embraces our differences, and supports and celebrates all of our team members.
What you'll do:
- Design and implement flight control algorithms for electric VTOL aircraft using MATLAB/Simulink as the primary model-based design environment
- Build and maintain high-fidelity Simulink models and simulations to verify and validate system requirements
- Work cross functionally to connect GNC requirements with other system requirements
- Influence leadership with decisions that are affected by GNC systems
- Implement creative solutions to efficiently verify complex systems and software, including Simulink-based test harnesses and automated verification workflows
- Run trade studies to inform aircraft design and system architecture
- Work with the Flight Test team to design tests that safely evaluate the vehicle capabilities
- Improve the fidelity and capabilities of our vehicle and environment simulation models
- Analyze full-scale and subscale flight data to improve our Simulink-based models
- Author software requirements and test cases that drive the design of the GNC software, including requirements traceable to Simulink model architecture
- 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
What you need:
- Extensive, hands-on experience with MATLAB/Simulink (Stateflow, Simulink Coder/Embedded Coder) for control law design, modeling, and code generation
- Strong knowledge of vehicle dynamics, optimization, and both classical and modern control theory
- BS in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or a related field with at least 5 years of relevant experience OR MS with at least 3 years of relevant experience
Bonus Qualifications:
- Experience with model-based design workflows, including Simulink-to-embedded-code generation and verification (DO-178C/DO-331 model-based development a plus)
- Experience in Rotorcraft Flapping Dynamics
- Experience with system identification and CIFER
- Experience with envelope protection and CONDUIT
- Experience implementing trajectory generation and/or optimization algorithms
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