Autonomy & Flight Controls Engineer

XTI Aerospace

Autonomy & Flight Controls Engineer designing and implementing advanced flight control systems for UAVs at XTI Aerospace. Responsible for UAVs' autonomous flight capabilities and safety enhancements.

Posted 4/24/2026full-timeCoatesville • Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design and optimize flight control algorithms for next-generation UAVs, enabling autonomous takeoff, navigation, and landing
Generate Systems architecture for flight controls with autonomy
Must have experience using 6DOF models to generate flight control algorithms.
Perform source selection for flight and autonomous hardware and software
Lead team in simulating and testing flight dynamics to validate autonomous control performance.
Integrate flight control systems with avionics and navigation for seamless autonomous operation
Develop fault detection and isolation algorithms to improve reliability of autonomous systems
Conducted risk assessments and reliability analysis for autonomous flight control systems
Conduct risk assessments and reliability analysis for flight vehicles.

Requirements

What you’ll need

A minimum of 10 years of UAV flight controls design and optimization experience
A minimum of 7 years experience flight and adaptive controls design
A minimum of 5 years experience in autonomy design
Utilize MATLAB and Simulink for model-based design and analysis.
Must have software development background.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Past experience designing flight control systems for UAV’s
Past experience in flight testing of manned and un-manned UAV systems
Must have or be able to obtain an FAA part 107 pilot’s certification.
Previous experience testing controls in a simulator using Xplane or similar software.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Design and optimize flight control algorithms for next-generation UAVs, enabling autonomous takeoff, navigation, and landing
Generate Systems architecture for flight controls with autonomy
Must have experience using 6DOF models to generate flight control algorithms.
Perform source selection for flight and autonomous hardware and software
Lead team in simulating and testing flight dynamics to validate autonomous control performance.
Integrate flight control systems with avionics and navigation for seamless autonomous operation
Develop fault detection and isolation algorithms to improve reliability of autonomous systems
Conducted risk assessments and reliability analysis for autonomous flight control systems
Conduct risk assessments and reliability analysis for flight vehicles. 🎯 Requirements
A minimum of 10 years of UAV flight controls design and optimization experience
A minimum of 7 years experience flight and adaptive controls design
A minimum of 5 years experience in autonomy design
Utilize MATLAB and Simulink for model-based design and analysis.
Must have software development background.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Past experience designing flight control systems for UAV’s
Past experience in flight testing of manned and un-manned UAV systems
Must have or be able to obtain an FAA part 107 pilot’s certification.
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Hard Skills & Tools

flight control algorithms6DOF modelsautonomous systemsfault detection algorithmsreliability analysisadaptive controls designautonomy designmodel-based designsoftware development

Soft Skills

communication skillsleadership

Certifications

FAA part 107 pilot’s certification