Teams at Pivotal

Analyze and tune aircraft flight-control laws using CONDUIT, MATLAB, and Simulink. Run Monte Carlo and full-mission simulations, evaluate stability and robustness, support automated verification, analyze flight-test data, and document tuning and verification results. Collaborate with GNC, firmware, aeromechanical, and flight-test teams to release safe, responsive controls for eVTOL aircraft.

Designs, implements, and verifies aircraft navigation and state-estimation algorithms for eVTOL platforms. Responsibilities include sensor fusion, Kalman filtering, sensor modeling, MATLAB and Simulink development, embedded deployment, simulation, hardware-in-the-loop testing, flight-test support, and navigation data analysis. The role collaborates with flight controls, firmware, avionics, autonomy, systems engineering, and flight-test teams.

Owns planning and execution of lithium-ion cell and aircraft battery pack testing, including performance characterization, thermal runaway, abuse, environmental, and durability testing. Designs fixtures, instrumentation, hazard controls, and data-acquisition systems; analyzes test results; supports model correlation and battery design improvements; manages external laboratories; and maintains safe, traceable, calibrated test operations.