Mission Performance Analyst

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California, +1 more state.

📋 Description

• Contribute to the development of prototypes and certifiable, safety-critical flight systems.

• Establish safe and quantified operational thresholds utilizing existing simulations and first-principles models.

• Collaborate with Autopilot and GNC teams to evaluate flight-control limits and performance during mode transitions and edge cases.

• Identify environmental thresholds related to crosswinds, icing, and link latencies that affect behavioral state transitions.

• Define high-stakes mission scenarios that illustrate physical-system resilience and safe automated responses in the face of compounding failures.

• Provide quantitative physical foundations for safety-engineering hazard evaluations.

• Analyze real-world flight databases and telemetry logs to establish performance baselines.

• Quantify procedural thresholds for Flight Manual Supplements, taking into account atmosphere, terrain, and payload variability.

• Collaborate with Reliable Robotics teams to create systems for uncrewed aircraft operations.

⛳️ Requirements

• Master’s degree in Science or Engineering, or a Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 10 years of experience in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Applied Mathematics, or a related technical field.

• Over 5 years of experience in aircraft performance analysis, flight sciences, flight dynamics, or aerospace systems engineering.

• Proficient in processing and analyzing large, noisy flight datasets or raw telemetry using Python, MATLAB, or SQL.

• Creative problem-solving skills utilizing first-principles physical and aerodynamic analyses.

• Practical experience operating Part 23 or Part 25 aircraft with an FAA-certificated ASEL or AMEL private, commercial, or Airline Transport Pilot certificate, or experience in remotely piloting large military uncrewed aircraft.

• Knowledge of aerospace development standards such as ARP4754B and ARP4761.

• Familiarity with airworthiness regulations, including 14 CFR Parts 23 and 25, particularly performance criteria.

• Experience in supporting systems safety engineering initiatives.

• Experience with auto-flight, autopilot, GNC, or envelope protection functions.

• Background in analyzing automated software/hardware interfaces and physical system constraints.

• Must be willing to travel up to 10% of the time.

• Must provide documentation to establish U.S. person or non-U.S. person status for U.S. export-control compliance.

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

🏝️ Benefits

• Stock options/equity.

• Employee medical/health insurance.

• 401(k) contribution.

• Casual work environment.

• Diverse and inclusive workforce.

• Equal employment opportunity.

• Reasonable accommodation during the application and selection process.