Pivotal Software
Aerospace & DefenseDirect Lever career site

GNC Model-Based Design Engineer (Contract)

Location
Remote, CA (Remote)
Job type
Contract
Level
Senior
Listed
23 days ago

Skills & highlights for this role

  • MATLAB
  • Simulink
  • DO-331
  • requirements traceability

Also useful

  • CI/CD pipeline automation
  • code coverage

About the role

Pivotal is the leader in the emerging market of electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft. We design, develop, and manufacture light eVTOL aircraft and are renowned for the BlackFly aircraft the world's first light eVTOL to fly manned missions and enter the consumer market.

Efficient, compact, and simple, Pivotal aircraft are designed for a wide range of consumer, public service, and defense applications. Our distinctive tilt-aircraft architecture and scalable platform have been flying for over 10 years. Last year we announced our next-generation aircraft, the Helix, which is rapidly progressing toward general release and scalable production in 2026.

Mobility is one of the most highly-valued areas of modern technology investments. This is the right company, in the right space, the right strategy, at the right time. If you are ready for adventure, we invite you to join our amazing team and grow with us.

About the Role

The GNC team at Pivotal develops the flight control and navigation software for our aircraft, including the Helix family, using model-based design in MATLAB and Simulink. We are looking for a contract Model-Based Design Engineer II to help lay the foundation for a DO-331 model-based development and verification process.

You will trace requirements to our control system models, build out an automated mission-level simulation test framework and its test suite, add unit tests, and automate coverage reporting and enforcement in our CI/CD pipeline. You will work closely with the GNC engineers who own the control laws, state machines, and estimators, and with the systems engineers who own the requirements.

The ideal candidate has hands-on experience with the MathWorks verification toolchain on safety-critical aerospace software, and understands control systems well enough to write meaningful tests for them. This is a fully remote contract position.

Read the original posting

From Pivotal Software's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on October 17, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.

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