Flight Control & Dynamics Engineer

The role

You will own control law design and system identification for a family of airframes. You will weigh classical against learning-based methods to develop control that transfers from simulation to hardware.

What you will do

• Design excitation maneuvers and fit airframe models from flight data
• Design and tune inner rate and attitude loops through outer position loops
• Keep the in-house simulator faithful to the identified model
• Turn stability derivatives and coefficient tables from Aerodynamics into flying control
• Verify through simulation, SITL, and HITL including Monte Carlo campaigns
• Fly and iterate from logs
• Mentor junior control and GNC engineers depending on seniority

Required qualifications

• Degree in aerospace, controls, robotics, or a related STEM field
• Proven, hands-on identification and control on multirotor or fixed-wing platforms, validated in flight
• Depth in at least one of MPC, INDI, or geometric control
• Real-time control implementation on constrained targets
• Familiarity with reinforcement learning and simulation-based training
• Empirical and hardware-honest
• Disciplined about experiments and validation
• Communicates clearly
• Thrives under pressure in a fast-paced environment
• No-task-is-too-small mentality
• 100% dedication to Harmattan AI's mission

Nice to have

• Multi-airframe or hover-to-cruise transition experience

About the company

Harmattan AI is a next-generation defense prime building autonomous and scalable defense systems. The company is expanding its teams to deliver mission-critical systems to allied forces.