Bio-inspired Flight Control Engineer
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Job Summary
Flight dynamics and control engineer for exploration and demonstration of novel aerial platform configurations and novel bio-inspired sensors. Anticipated start date August 25, 2025.
Who We Are
The Bio-Inspired Perception and Robotics Laboratory (BPRL) is a facility in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Robotics Graduate Program at the University of Colorado, Boulder that conducts research and development in the areas of field robotics and biologically inspired robotics. We seek to distill the fundamental sensing, processing and feedback principles that govern robust behavior in organisms to enable new classes of robotic systems with improved agility, locomotion and autonomy.
What Your Key Responsibilities Will Be
- Modeling and system identification of novel aerial platforms, including morphing configurations and capabilities.
- Design and implementation of novel feedback architectures, including multi-input multi-output static and dynamic configurations. Identification of novel sensors, including state encoding properties.
What You Should Know
- Position is nominally a 1-year appointment, renewable for an additional year.
What We Can Offer
$72,000.00 - 78,000.00/year salary.
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What We Require
- PhD in engineering discipline.
What You Will Need
- Background in aerial platform flight dynamics, control, system identification, and integration including avionics hardware, software, and flight testing.
- Theoretical background in flight control with an emphasis on multi-input multi-output control synthesis techniques and optimization-based approaches.
What We Would Like You to Have
- Experience with sensor modeling, identification, and encoding properties, including both visual and inertial sensors.
- Background in H-infinity and H-2 control synthesis for aerial platforms.
Special Instructions
To apply, please submit the following materials as individual files:
- Cover Letter
- Resume/CV
- Reference Letter(s)(Not Confidential)
- (Optional) Transcripts/Proof of PhD: If you are selected as the finalist, your degree will be verified by the CU Boulder Campus Human Resources department using an approved online vendor. If your degree was obtained outside of the United States, please submit an English-translated version (if applicable) as an Optional attachment.
For full consideration, please apply by 8/7/2025.
Note: Application materials will not be accepted via email. For consideration, applications must be submitted through CU Boulder Jobs.
Posting Contact Information
Posting Contact Name: Boulder Campus Human Resources
Posting Contact Email: Recruiting@colorado.edu