Control System Development and Testing for Electrified Aircraft Technology

About the role

The NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) offers unique research opportunities to highly-talented scientists to engage in ongoing NASA research projects at a NASA Center, NASA Headquarters, or at a NASA-affiliated research institute. These one- to three-year fellowships are competitive and are designed to advance NASA’s missions in space science, Earth science, aeronautics, space operations, exploration systems, and astrobiology.

Description

NASA supports the development of safer, more efficient, and higher performing commercial aircraft propulsion systems incorporating novel control strategies, actuators, and system architectures. Development and maturation of control algorithms is critical to achieving the potential benefits of these systems. NASA requires modeling and test capabilities to support this maturation, from control algorithm theoretical formulation and analysis to testing algorithms in real-time on representative target hardware or in system-in-the-loop environments. This Post-Doc position will support the development and application of a system-in-the-loop test rig for performing this control design maturation prior to the testing of these controllers on real experimental hardware. The work will also involve processing and disseminating relevant test data and results. Familiarity with control theory, electrical/computer engineering, embedded systems, and numerical methods is recommended. Familiarity or experience with turbine engine control and avionics systems is helpful.

Requirements

• Citizenship: LPR or U.S. Citizen
• Degree: Doctoral Degree

Qualifications

• Familiarity with control theory, electrical/computer engineering, embedded systems, and numerical methods
• Familiarity or experience with turbine engine control and avionics systems is helpful

Skills

• Control Theory
• Electrical/Computer Engineering
• Embedded Systems
• Numerical Methods
• Turbine Engine Control
• Avionics Systems

Benefits

• Unique research opportunities within NASA
• Competitive one- to three-year fellowships
• Advancement of NASA’s missions in various scientific fields

Pay

• Salary range: $65,000 - $90,000 per year

Schedule

• Full-time

Contact Information

For questions about this opportunity, please email npp@orau.org.

Application Instructions

A complete application to the NASA Postdoctoral Program includes:

• Research proposal
• Three letters of recommendation
• Official doctoral transcript documents