Staff Simulation Engineer, Wisk
$155.1-182.5k
+ Annual Bonus + Long term incentive
3+ days a week in office (Mountain View, CA)
Autonomous air taxis & self-flying eVTOL aircrafts
Job no longer available
Autonomous air taxis & self-flying eVTOL aircrafts
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
$155.1-182.5k
+ Annual Bonus + Long term incentive
3+ days a week in office (Mountain View, CA)
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To deliver safe, everyday flight for everyone.
Role
Who you are
- B.S. or M.S. in Aeronautical/Aerospace Engineering or a related field with at least 8 years of relevant experience
- You have worked a minimum of 5 years on teams modeling and simulating aircraft flight dynamics, aerodynamics, flight controls, GNC and aircraft systems
- You have hands-on experience developing 6-DoF simulation models to support aircraft design, testing and certification activities
- You have a deep and applied knowledge with designing, implementing, and analyzing physics-based aviation models and simulation environments
- You have led teams that developed and validated aircraft models to match flight test data, and supported certification efforts through simulation
- You have strong MATLAB programming & Simulink modeling skills
- You have a strong physical modeling background
- You have experience in the following areas:
- Aircraft sensors (accelerometers, gyros, magnetometer, GPS, etc.)
- Fixed wing and rotorcraft aerodynamics and aircraft flight dynamics
- Flight simulators
- Subpart B certification rules and means of compliance
- Flight control or vehicle management systems
- Model-Based Design (MBD) and MBSE tools/methodologies
- Simscape physical modeling tools
- Monte Carlo simulation capabilities, at scale in an HPC environment
- State estimation and control theory
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Senior Staff Simulation Engineer to join our Flight Physics Vehicle Modeling (FPVM) Team
- The responsibility of this team at Wisk is to design, implement, and analyze our flight physics vehicle model and integrated 6DOF simulation framework
- The FPVM Team reports to the Aircraft IPT, which is responsible for verifying the control laws flight software and ensuring our aircraft systems meet requirements and performance objectives
- Additionally, this IPT supports the refinement of our simulation models via hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) and flight tests
- You will take part in conducting simulation and analysis to support aircraft design and certification activities
- You will support SIL, HIL, and flight operations activities in debugging test anomalies and issues
- You will help support problem solving activities by taking ownership of features and designing new simulation framework capabilities
- You will help coordinate and evaluate modeling and simulation results with other teams' SMEs; obtaining a high level of familiarity with our vehicle’s avionics, software architecture, GNC algorithms, and the simulation framework’s analysis tools
- You will take part in deploying parallelized simulation and analysis capabilities at scale in an HPC environment
- In some areas, you will be working closely with such teams as, stability & control, power, thermal, and systems engineering to verify requirements that help satisfy aircraft certification objectives
- You will plan and develop new time and frequency domain flight analysis and post-processing tools using software architecture best practices
- As a Senior Staff Simulation Engineer, you will help implement new models in our simulation engine using first principles, empirical data, and system identification techniques
Our take
Wisk is the developer of the first autonomous electric vertical take-off and landing air taxi. Its 4-passenger vehicles are powered by the company's autonomy platform that leverages decision-making logic software to allow the taxis to operate safely and autonomously.
The team at Wisk has been working on this flagship project since 2010, having developed multiple generations of aircraft and conducted over 1,750 test flights. It is now on its Generation 6 model that boasts improvements to configuration and a larger passenger cabin compared to its predecessors.
In 2023, Wisk became a fully-owned subsidiary of Boeing. It still operates as a separate entity, but this collaboration gives the company access to the air travel giant's development, testing, and certification expertise. On top of this, in 2024 Wisk acquired Verocel, a software verification and validation company, a move which will play a key role in getting its air taxis certified.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (1 round)
Jan 2022
$450m
LATE VC
Total funding: $450m
Company HQ
Mountain View, CA
Leadership
Sebastien Vigneron
(CEO)Sebastien joined Wisk in 2021 as a Senior Director of Engineering, they then moved into the role of Senior VP of Engineering & Programs later that same year before moving into the role of CEO in 2025.
Tyler Painter
(CFO & COO)Prior to joining Wisk in 2022, Tyler spent 6 years at Surf Air Mobility as a Strategic & Financial Advisor. They also served as the CFO at Fair.com and as COO/CFO at TerraVia Holdings.
Jim Tighe
(CTO)Prior to joining Wisk in 2014, Jim was a Chief Aerodynamicist at Scaled Composites and an Aerodynamics Engineer at Boeing.
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