Senior/Staff Controls Engineer
Zipline , South San Francisco, California +1
What you will do
- Own dynamic models of complex vehicle systems and components within Zipline’s high-fidelity six-degree-of-freedom simulation.
- Build controls algorithms that are robust, performant, fault tolerant and own the development, testing, analysis and deployment of the same.
- Define analysis approaches that connect design choices, requirements, limitations, and environmental conditions to vehicle performance.
- Evaluate existing and future vehicle designs through simulation, flight-test data, and data from customer aircraft in the global fleet.
- Improve simulation fidelity by reconciling model predictions with observed flight behavior and identifying the highest-value gaps.
- Lead technical recommendations for controls, vehicle, and system design improvements with software, hardware, flight test, and manufacturing partners.
- Build reusable analysis tools that enable teams to investigate performance questions, compare design options, and make informed tradeoffs.
- Translate operational and customer insights into engineering priorities that improve the reliability and capability of the logistics network.