Manager, GNC and Test Engineering
Rainmaker Technology Corporation · Salt Lake City, UT
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Leads GNC and test engineering for Rainmaker's rotorcraft and fixed-wing UAS platforms, covering control architecture, gain tuning, and estimator configuration. Owns propulsion performance modeling against wind and gust conditions, component qualification, and flight test campaigns. Also manages the testing and QA team.
Make it rain. Make Snow. Make Earth Habitable.
Rainmaker builds and deploys audacious technologies that work with nature to create an abundant, habitable planet. We are modernizing proven cloud-seeding science with weather-resistant UAS, radar and satellite observations, numerical weather prediction, novel sensing and validation systems, and sustainable seeding technologies. We are building an integrated system to make more freshwater available to farms, ecosystems, and communities.
Our ambition is bold, but we pursue it with humility. We take on difficult problems in the real world with technical rigor, grit, integrity, and an openness to learning and course-correcting. We are hiring individuals with evidence of exceptional ability. If you want to build systems that endure, restore, and provide, and help deliver the future we were promised, we want to hear from you.
We're looking for a Manager, GNC and Test Engineering who has taken an unmanned aircraft from requirements through first flight and a full flight test campaign. You're equally comfortable performance-modeling a propulsion system at a desk and troubleshooting a GNSS receiver in the field during flight tests — fast, thoughtful, autonomous, and a clear communicator.
What You'll Do
What We're Looking For
Compensation: USD 145,000 – 175,000 per year salary
