GNC Engineer - Controls

Palo Alto, CAfull timeOn SiteseniorH1B: no

Pivotal GNC Engineer II at Pivotal focuses on evaluating and tuning flight control laws for eVTOL aircraft to ensure stable and responsive handling. Uses simulation environments and works closely with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

The GNC team at Pivotal develops the flight control and navigation algorithms that let our aircraft fly safely and precisely, including on the Helix family of aircraft. We are looking for a GNC Engineer II who focuses on flight controls to evaluate and tune our existing control laws, so the aircraft has stable, responsive, and predictable handling across the flight envelope.
The ideal candidate has a solid grounding in linear control theory and aircraft flight dynamics, and enjoys the analytical work of understanding why a control system behaves the way it does and how to improve it. Experience with frequency-domain control system analysis is highly desirable.