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Skyways · 9 hours ago

Senior Flight Controls Engineer

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

Skyways is building a new form of air transportation and is seeking a Senior Flight Controls Engineer. This role involves designing, implementing, and validating control systems for autonomous aircraft to ensure safe and reliable operations.

AerospaceDrone ManagementDronesSoftwareTransportation

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and tune flight control algorithms for autonomous fixed‑wing and VTOL aircraft

Own control laws end to end, including requirements definition, simulation, flight code, and validation

Develop and maintain control system models in simulation environments to support analysis and testing

Analyze flight test data and logs to diagnose issues and improve performance

Collaborate closely with avionics, autonomy, mechanical, and flight test teams to integrate and validate control systems

Support ground and flight testing, including on‑site test campaigns when needed

Continuously improve robustness, fault tolerance, and performance across a growing operational envelope

Qualification

Control theoryFlight control systemsC++PythonSimulation environmentsController tuningFlight testingCross-disciplinary problem solvingEarly-stage environment adaptabilityUAV experienceAerospace systems familiarityAutonomous vehicles knowledgePX4 familiarityArduPilot familiarityHardware-in-the-loop testingSoftware-in-the-loop testingFixed-wing aircraft controlVTOL aircraft controlHybrid aircraft control

Required

Strong fundamentals in control theory, dynamics, and state estimation

Experience implementing flight or vehicle control systems in production code

Comfort working in C++ and Python in embedded or real‑time systems

Hands‑on experience with simulation, controller tuning, and flight or field testing

Ability to reason from first principles and debug complex, cross‑disciplinary problems

Comfort operating in an early‑stage environment with incomplete requirements and fast iteration cycles

Due to U.S. government contract requirements, this role is limited to U.S. citizens, U.S. permanent residents, or candidates from specific countries authorized under applicable export control regulations