Manager, Flight Controls & GNC

North Kingstown, Rhode Island, USA. Posted a month ago

The role

You will lead and grow the group responsible for Seaglider control, including guidance and navigation, control laws, and sensor selection. You will manage the controls release train into flight test and work to carry production control systems to certifiable levels.

What you will do

Build and develop the team.
Review control models, analyses, and generated code.
Own the controls release train into flight test.
Carry the production control system to certifiable.
Establish common controls tooling across vehicles.
Match rigor to criticality.
Integrate across the vehicle.

Required qualifications

Demonstrated leadership in flight controls, GNC, or an adjacent vehicle-controls discipline.
Experience leading technical teams, setting direction, developing engineers, and growing teams.
A track record of taking control laws from development through flight.
Experience working through the simulate, fly, analyze, and retune loop on a real air vehicle.
Ownership of technical delivery.
Deep expertise in at least one core controls area with strong systems-level fluency across others.
Strong hands-on controls and model-based development capability, including MATLAB/Simulink.
Experience with flight controls analysis, optimization, and system identification tools and methods.
Real-world flight test judgment.

Nice to have

Safety-critical flight controls and certification (DO-178C, ARP4754A, DO-330)
Model-based or formal verification
Autocode and embedded flight software
INS/GNSS fusion and altimetry
Height-over-surface estimation
VTOL or multi-regime transition control
Handling qualities
Hardware-in-the-loop testing
Novel vehicle or maritime certification
Scaling a controls function in a startup environment

Benefits

Competitive compensation including a robust equity incentive plan.
Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance - 100% premium coverage.
401(k) with company matching.
Generous flexible time off.
Paid parental leave.
Company-wide holiday breaks.
Relocation packages available.
Daily, free catered lunches.
Learning & professional development opportunities.

About the company

REGENT is on a mission to revolutionize regional transportation between coastal cities using Seagliders, which are wing-in-ground-effect craft. The company is scaling from a breakthrough prototype to full production.