# GNC Engineer - Controls at Pivotal

- Company: Pivotal
- What the company does: Backed by Kleiner Perkins.
- Company website: http://www.pivotal.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Palo Alto, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $140K to $160K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-06
- Apply by: 2026-11-23
- Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/pivotal/e38920eb-9d3e-480a-b57b-7e332d7907f9?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/pivotal-gnc-engineer-ii-controls/

## About the role

The GNC team at Pivotal develops the flight control and navigation algorithms that let our aircraft fly safely and precisely, including on the Helix family of aircraft. We are looking for a GNC Engineer II who focuses on flight controls to evaluate and tune our existing control laws, so the aircraft has stable, responsive, and predictable handling across the flight envelope. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- 2+ years of industry experience in GNC or flight controls, or a Master’s or PhD with research focused on control systems or flight dynamics
- Strong foundation in linear control theory, including transfer functions, state-space models, and frequency-domain analysis such as Bode and Nichols plots and stability margins
- Solid understanding of aircraft flight dynamics, including equations of motion, linearization, and dynamic stability modes
- Hands-on experience analyzing and tuning feedback control systems, such as cascaded PID loops, on hardware or in high-fidelity simulation, whether through industry, research, student teams, or personal projects
- Experience using simulation to evaluate control system performance, including Monte Carlo or parametric studies
- Proficiency in MATLAB and Simulink for control design, modeling, and simulation

Tags: General Engineering

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