Systems Engineer - Mission Performance

The role

You will define aircraft performance boundaries and establish operational thresholds for autonomous flight systems. You will translate aerodynamics and fluid dynamics into quantified performance baselines to drive automation requirements.

What you will do

• Contribute to the development of prototypes and certifiable, safety-critical flight systems
• Establish safe, quantified operational thresholds using existing simulations or first-principles models
• Partner with Autopilot and GNC teams to analyze flight control limits
• Determine environmental thresholds that dictate behavioral state transitions
• Define representative, high-stakes mission scenarios to demonstrate system resilience
• Provide quantitative physical foundations for safety engineering hazard assessments
• Ingest and analyze real-world flight databases and telemetry logs using Python, MATLAB, or SQL
• Quantify procedural thresholds for Flight Manual Supplements

Required qualifications

• Master’s degree in Science or Engineering (or a Bachelor’s degree with at least 10 years of experience) in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Applied Mathematics, or a related tec
• 5+ years in aircraft performance analysis, flight sciences, flight dynamics, or aerospace systems engineering
• Proficiency in processing and analyzing large, noisy flight datasets or raw telemetry using Python, MATLAB, or SQL

Nice to have

• Creative problem solver who can apply first-principles physical and aerodynamic analyses
• First-hand experience operating Part 23 or Part 25 aircraft, with an FAA-certificated ASEL or AMEL private, commercial, or Airline Transport Pilot certificate
• Experience remotely piloting large military uncrewed aircraft
• Familiarity with aerospace development standards (e.g., ARP4754B, ARP4761) and airworthiness regulations (14 CFR Parts 23 and 25)
• Experience supporting systems safety engineering activities
• Experience supporting auto-flight, autopilot, GNC, or envelope protection functions

Before you apply

• Requires access to information subject to U.S. export controls
• Offer contingent upon capacity to perform in compliance with U.S. export control laws
• Must provide documentation establishing status as a U.S. person or non-U.S. person

About the company

Reliable Robotics is a team of mission-driven engineers with experience across aerospace, robotics and self-driving cars. They are building safety-enhancing technology for aviation.