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Senior GNC Engineer

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United States , Huntington Beach

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150000.00 - 200000.00 USD / Year
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Job Description:

Contribute to the design and development of flight control systems for Mach’s fixed-wing aircraft. You’ll help design, implement, and validate flight-critical control laws across the mission profile—from takeoff through landing—working closely with senior and principal engineers to deliver robust, well-tested performance across the flight envelope.

Job Responsibility:

  • Contribute to the design and development of flight control systems for Mach’s fixed-wing aircraft
  • Contribute to control system architecture and requirements for fixed-wing vehicles, including primary flight control, envelope protection, autothrottle/energy management, and mode logic
  • Design and implement control laws that account for actuator limits, time delays, and sensor noise
  • Support system identification and aerodynamic model development using wind-tunnel, CFD, and flight-test data
  • develop and maintain linearized models
  • Implement and test fault-handling and reconfiguration strategies (sensor/actuator monitoring, control allocation, redundancy management) with an emphasis on safe degradation
  • Execute verification & validation activities, including SIL/HIL testing, Monte Carlo analysis, and support of flight-readiness reviews
  • Participate in flight-test planning and execution
  • analyze flight data, tune controllers, and iterate designs under supervision of senior technical leads
  • Collaborate in design reviews and code reviews
  • help uphold technical standards and best practices within the controls team

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or a related field
  • 4–7+ years designing and deploying flight control systems for fixed-wing aircraft or high-performance UAVs, including exposure to flight test
  • Strong understanding of flight dynamics, stability and controllability, and actuator/sensor modeling
  • Proficiency in C++ for embedded or real-time systems
  • strong MATLAB and/or Python skills for modeling, system identification, and analysis
  • Experience supporting verification workflows such as SIL/HIL testing, requirements validation, and safety-critical reviews
  • Familiarity with modern software development practices (git, code reviews, issue tracking) and telemetry/data analysis

Nice to have:

  • Experience with energy-based control concepts, autothrottle systems, sideslip/yaw coordination, or control allocation for over-actuated vehicles
  • Experience working with PX4 and ROS 2, or similar flight-control and robotics frameworks
  • Exposure to aerospace development standards (e.g., DO-178C, DO-331, ARP4754A) or equivalent safety-critical engineering rigor
  • Experience working on resource-constrained embedded systems with real-time performance considerations (latency, jitter, numerical robustness)
What we offer:
  • Offers Equity
  • healthcare, dental and vision plans
  • retirement savings
  • paid time off
  • funds for continuing education, training, and career growth

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Job Posted:
February 18, 2026

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
On-site work
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