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We believe aircraft should fly themselves.
The Role
We're building safety-enhancing technology for aviation that will save lives. Automated aviation systems will enable a future where air transportation is safer, more convenient and fundamentally transformative to the way goods — and eventually people — move around the planet. We are a team of mission-driven engineers with experience across aerospace, robotics and self-driving cars working to make this future a reality.
As a Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) Simulation and Test Infrastructure Developer, you will build the simulation environments and tools that power the development and verification of our autonomous flight systems. You will help create high-fidelity closed-loop simulations and scalable test automation systems that enable rapid iteration and certification-grade validation of GNC software.
Responsibilities
- Develop software simulation & test environments
- Build and maintain scalable infrastructure for automated software unit and integration testing of GNC algorithms, including Monte Carlo simulation
- Conduct closed-loop testing of flight control systems with simulated aircraft dynamics
- Develop tools for visualizing and analyzing simulation and flight data
- Support safety and certification documentation for test infrastructure
Basic Success Criteria
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Aerospace, Mechanical Engineering, or related field
- 5+ years of experience in simulation or test infrastructure development
- 3+ years experience Python, C++, MATLAB/Simulink, and Linux-based development environments and scripting
- Professional experience developing flight dynamics models and simulation tools
- Professional experience with version control, CI/CD, and software testing frameworks including production AWS environments
Preferred Success Criteria
- Experience with flight control system or flight management system development, simulation, integration, and testing
- Experience integrating simulators into CI pipelines
- Familiarity with requirements and test case management in a certification context
- Background in robotics, autonomy, or aerospace applications
GNC Simulation and Test is a key company capability that enables rapid design iteration and scalable design validation covering the massive combinatorial space of flight envelope and atmospheric conditions. These tools are what allow us to fly with the confidence of more than 1000:1 simulation hours to flight hours and draw statistically significant conclusions on the system’s safety and performance.
This position is based at our facility in Mountain View, California.
Must be willing to travel up to 10% of the time.
The estimated salary range for this position is $185,000 to $245,000. At Reliable Robotics, we strive to provide competitive and rewarding compensation based on experience and expertise, as well as market conditions, location, and pay equity.
In addition to base compensation, Reliable Robotics offers stock options, employee medical, 401k contribution, great co-workers and a casual work environment.
This position requires access to information that is subject to U.S. export controls. An offer of employment will be contingent upon the applicant’s capacity to perform in compliance with U.S. export control laws.
All applicants are asked to provide documentation that legally establishes status as a U.S. person or non-U.S. person (and nationalities in the case of a non-U.S. person). Where the applicant is not a U.S. person, meaning not a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful permanent resident, (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or not otherwise permitted to access the export-controlled technology without U.S. government authorization, the Company reserves the right not to apply for an export license for such applicants whose access to export-controlled technology or software source code requires authorization and may decline to proceed with the application process and any offer of employment on that basis.
At Reliable Robotics, our goal is to be a diverse and inclusive workforce. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, creed, ancestry, sex, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability or medical conditions, national origin, military or veteran status, genetic information, marital status, or any other basis covered by applicable law. All employment and promotion is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.
If you require reasonable accommodation in completing an application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to [email protected]
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The Company
What We Do
Advanced automation will make aircraft safer, more available, more affordable and fundamentally transformative to the way goods and people move around the planet.
Starting with a certification-forward approach, Reliable Robotics first demonstrated gate-to-gate fully automated operation of a Part 23 aircraft and is now working towards commercialization of technologies for Part 23 cargo and Part 25 passenger vehicles.
