Senior Staff Engineer, Flight Controls - X-BAT (R4812)

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      "content": "\n<li>Design and deliver the flight control system across all phases of flight including control allocation strategies that manage actuator redundancy, saturation, and degraded operations.</li>\n<li>Lead development of high-fidelity 6DOF simulation environments and ensure accurate pre-flight performance predictions</li>\n<li>Define and execute the verification strategy, including linear analysis, Monte Carlo campaigns, disturbance/sensitivity/degraded operation testing, and HIL validation</li>\n<li>Diagnose and resolve simulation-to-flight mismatches, including unidentified dynamics and modeling gaps</li>\n<li>Support flight test operations, making risk-informed decisions and driving rapid iteration between flights</li>\n<li>Integrate control systems with propulsion, aero, actuation, sensors, state estimation, and autonomy, ensuring the vehicle behaves predictably under real-world disturbances and uncertainties</li>\n<li>Mentor and guide engineers while setting the technical standard for control system performance and rigor</li>\n"
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      "content": "\n<li>10+ years of experience in flight controls / GNC on real flight vehicles, with demonstrated ownership from design through flight test</li>\n<li>Demonstrated experience with control allocation design and implementation for over-actuated systems with provisions for saturation and failure accommodation.</li>\n<li>Strong background in:\n\n</li><li>Flight dynamics and 6DOF simulation</li>\n<li>Control theory and nonlinear systems</li>\n\n\n<li>Experience executing full V&amp;V cycles, including pre-flight performance prediction, Monte Carlo analysis, flight readiness assessment, and post-flight analysis</li>\n<li>Proficiency in C++, MATLAB/Simulink, and/or Python, with experience deploying real-time algorithms</li>\n<li>Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance</li>\n<li><span data-teams=\"true\">Ability to obtain a S//SAR level security clearance desired.</span></li>\n"
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