Flight Dynamics & Controls Engineer

Our mission at Odys is simple – we build safe, sustainable aircraft to cut travel time in half on the world’s busiest corridors. Our flagship aircraft Alta enables travelers to skip the big-airport hassle by using city helipads and local airports to connect cities less than 1,000 miles apart (approx 40% of flights). And on average cut CO2 by 76% on tens of billions of flight miles globally.

To get there, we start with our UAV called Laila for commercial logistics, medical transport, humanitarian aid, disaster relief, and defense missions. We’re deploying aircraft with launch partners (Fiji Airways, Honeywell, Aramex, US Navy) beginning in late 2025 and already have firm orders for aircraft under contract.

We’re a team of expert engineers from deep tech and aerospace that focus on fast iterations loops (completed transition flight faster than our peers) combined with mastery of the aircraft certification process. Previously, our team developed custom drones, brought multiple automotive platforms into production, and electrified transportation vehicles that magnetically levitate, that roll, that fly. Together, we’ve been learning, developing, building, testing, and preparing for this challenge our entire lives.

About The Role

Are you passionate about applying your flight dynamics and modeling skills to the solution of novel problems? Can you apply your broad understanding of physics to build models and predict and verify aircraft behavior? Do you want to join a talented team, furthering your engineering abilities and driving innovation at a crucial stage in the development life cycle of our products?

The flight dynamics and controls team is responsible for the design, implementation and validation of our aircraft models and control algorithms. As a flight dynamics and controls engineer you will be closely working with the aerodynamics, mechanical and testing teams. You will be closely involved in all aspects of the design process, supporting the team with your unique abilities.

Responsibilites

• Develop flight dynamics modeling strategies and methodologies
• Identify requirements and analyze aerodynamic data to be used in modeling
• Develop methods for automated model validation and testing
• Define and quantify model limitations and uncertainties
• Design and validate navigation, guidance and control algorithms
• Closely collaborate with aerodynamics, controls and mechanical design teams to rapidly iterate on designs
• Integrate in house and third-party models of system components into the full aircraft simulation model
• Support test method and test rig design to acquire experimental data

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (MSc or PhD preferred) in mechanical, electrical, aerospace, or related fields
• Minimum 2 years of experience in flight dynamics modeling or control systems
• Strong knowledge of aircraft flight dynamics, stability and controls
• Strong knowledge of modeling and analyzing complex, nonlinear physical systems, aerodynamics and aircraft flight dynamics
• Good knowledge of feedback control systems and their design, especially for aircraft
• Experience with validation of flight dynamics models against experimental and flight test data
• Excellent skills in MATLAB/Simulink and Excel
• Able to work with minimal supervision in a fast-paced environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with other aircraft modeling and visualization tools (e.g., X-Plane, Flightlab, etc)
• Experience with aircraft system identification tools (e.g., CIFER, SIDPAC, etc)
• Experience with prototyping flight computer hardware (e.g. Pixhawk, Embention Veronte, etc)
• Experience with auto code generation for embedded environments
• Coding skills (Python, C/C++)
• Experience with HIL/SIL/MIL
• Experience with vertical takeoff and landing aircraft