Mission Performance Analyst

Job Description:

• Contribute to prototypes and certifiable, safety-critical flight systems
• Establish safe, quantified operational thresholds using existing simulations and first-principles models
• Partner with Autopilot and GNC teams to analyze flight-control limits and performance during mode transitions and edge cases
• Determine environmental thresholds for crosswinds, icing, and link latencies governing behavioral state transitions
• Define high-stakes mission scenarios demonstrating physical-system resilience and safe automated responses under compounding failures
• Provide quantitative physical foundations for safety-engineering hazard assessments
• Analyze real-world flight databases and telemetry logs to establish performance baselines
• Quantify procedural thresholds for Flight Manual Supplements accounting for atmosphere, terrain, and payload variability
• Collaborate across Reliable Robotics teams to develop systems for uncrewed aircraft operations

Requirements:

• Master’s degree in Science or Engineering, or Bachelor’s degree with at least 10 years of experience, in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Applied Mathematics, or a related technical discipline
• 5+ years of experience in aircraft performance analysis, flight sciences, flight dynamics, or aerospace systems engineering
• Proficiency processing and analyzing large, noisy flight datasets or raw telemetry using Python, MATLAB, or SQL
• Creative problem-solving using first-principles physical and aerodynamic analyses
• First-hand experience operating Part 23 or Part 25 aircraft with an FAA-certificated ASEL or AMEL private, commercial, or Airline Transport Pilot certificate, or experience remotely piloting large military uncrewed aircraft
• Familiarity with aerospace development standards such as ARP4754B and ARP4761
• Familiarity with airworthiness regulations including 14 CFR Parts 23 and 25, especially performance criteria
• Experience supporting systems safety engineering activities
• Experience supporting auto-flight, autopilot, GNC, or envelope protection functions
• Experience analyzing automated software/hardware interfaces and physical system constraints
• Must be willing to travel up to 10% of the time
• Must provide documentation establishing 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