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Salary: USD 115,200 - 198,200 / annual
XWING is developing electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for urban air mobility. Since 2009, the company has designed and tested multiple generations of prototype aircraft and is now advancing toward certification, manufacturing scale-up, and initial commercial service.
As a Senior Flight Control Systems Engineer, you will own core functionality in flight control algorithms and lead cross-functional efforts to validate and verify aircraft behavior. Your responsibilities include:
• Coordinate aircraft-level and system-level teams to solve complex design challenges
• Author and manage aircraft and system-level requirements
• Design and orchestrate simulations to validate control law design
• Direct verification activities for system-level behavior in labs and on-aircraft
• Develop analysis and verification frameworks for collecting and presenting critical design data
• Make recommendations on design closure based on simulation and analysis of aircraft responses
• Implement flight control features in collaboration with software engineers
• Work with modeling teams to create simulation and analysis frameworks
• Focus the Aircraft, Safety, Avionics, Loads, Performance, Rotor Dynamics, and Flight Test teams to identify deficiencies and refine aircraft design
• Ensure relevant tests are run and artifacts are produced, stored, and linked
You will be a technical leader driving design decisions across multiple engineering disciplines, with hands-on involvement in both algorithm development and system-level validation.
REQUIREMENTS:
• B.S. in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, computer science, or related field + 5 years of experience, OR M.S. + 3 years of experience
• Knowledge in classical controls, modern state-space controls, and numerical optimization
• Knowledge in multi-body dynamics, aerodynamics, and electrical powertrain
• Knowledge in digital signal processing and real-time embedded systems
• Proficiency in MATLAB/Simulink, C/C++, and Python
DESIRED:
• Passion about flying machines
