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Flight Simulation Jobs in California

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Edwards AFB, California

$110,000–$185,000 / year

Candidates will also provide coordination (ground test to flight test) for all projects and assist in the coordination of input from allied engineering disciplines (avionics, armament, electronic warfare, flying qualities, performance, structures, subsystems, and signatures). Some jobs may require a candidate to be eligible for a government security clearance, state-issued driver's license, or other licenses/certifications, and the inability to obtain and maintain the required clearance, license, or certification may affect an employee's ability to maintain employment.

30+ days ago

San Diego, CA

$131,300–$237,350

Leidos’ Defense Systems Kinetics Business Area is seeking a Senior Digital Engineering and Computational Dynamics Engineer to join our team as part of the Strategic High-speed Advanced Development Organization. If you received an email purporting to be from Leidos that asks for payment-related information or any other personal information (e.g., about you or your previous employer), and you are concerned about its legitimacy, please make us aware immediately by emailing us at LeidosCareersFraud@leidos.com .

8 days ago

Hawthorne, CA

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP (SpaceX) is seeking a Software Engineer, C++ to design, develop, and test in-house simulation software for flight systems. The role involves programming core simulation infrastructure and building models of fluids, electronics, and multi-body physics systems.

1 day ago

Huntington Beach, CA

The ideal candidate will hold a Bachelor's degree and possess over three years of experience in simulation systems, demonstrating proficiency in C++ and Python. Mach Industries is looking for a GNC Engineer, Modeling & Simulation to design and implement high-fidelity simulation environments.

2 days ago

Gardena, CA

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field and over 7 years of experience in simulation development, with strong programming skills in Rust and Python.#J-18808-Ljbffr. In this role, you will lead the development of simulations that act as a proving ground for flight software and control systems, enabling rapid iteration and validation without real-world tests.

1 day ago

San Francisco, California

We build and operate full-size autonomous cargo aircraft; Heron, a seaplane, and Egret, a STOL aircraft; each capable of carrying two tons of payload over a thousand nautical miles. Collaborate with aerospace engineers, avionics engineers, and field testing teams to ensure robust software integration and reliable flight operation.

30+ days ago

San Jose, CA

vertical motion system and interchangeable cabs which can be customized to simulate any aerospace vehicle, the Crew Vehicle Systems Research Facility (CVSRF), which houses the Advanced Concepts Flight Simulator (ACFS), B747-400 flight simulator and air traffic control laboratory, and FutureFlight Central (FFC), an Air Traffic Control/Air Traffic Management (ATC/ATM) simulation facility dedicated to solving the present and emerging capacity problems of the nation's airports. This will entail analysis, system and subsystem design, deriving equations-of-motion from given experiment requirements, implementation and integration (software design and coding) of math models for real-time, piloted (HITL- human in the loop) six degrees-of-freedom, large scale, motion based, research and development simulator system/subsystem components.

30+ days ago

El Segundo, California

Who We Are: Space Kinetic is a dual use space technology startup building a completely new architecture for space operations – one that brings the advantages of proliferated drone technology (low-cost, operationally flexible, attainable, distributed) to space missions while reducing the ecosystem's reliance on consumable fuel. Our goal is to move away from one-to-one space architectures – where each satellite in a constellation has one (or a small # of) primary payloads attached to the bus -- and unlock a ‘one-to-many’ system, where each satellite has a large number of payloads which can be deployed from their host spacecraft at high velocities without firing a thruster.

29 days ago

Costa Mesa, CA

$191,000–$253,000 / year

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30 days ago

Costa Mesa, CA

$166,000–$220,000 / year

30 days ago

Hawthorne, CA

$160,000–$225,000 / year

As a Lead Software Engineer in Special Programs, you will lead a team of software engineers to design, develop, and test key aspects of an in-house solution for analysis, simulation, and prototyping of software in support of SpaceX flight systems. To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

30+ days ago

Huntington Beach, California

Strong academic background in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field with a focus on embedded systems and real-time computing (degree not strictly required; demonstrated skills and experience take precedence). Hands-on experience with embedded systems and/or real-time operating environments, including low-level hardware interactions, device drivers, and complex embedded software architectures.

30+ days ago

Los Angeles, California

You will interface with other engineers to develop and understand requirements, architect and writing high quality code, build tests and test infrastructure, documentation, and provide support through the software lifecycle. At Heart Aerospace we are developing the ES-30, a regional hybrid-electric airplane with a capacity of 30 passengers, an electric zero-emission range of 200 km and an extended hybrid range of 400 km.

29 days ago

Los Angeles, California

Work with interdisciplinary teams to scope, design and build next generation hybrid electric aircraft capabilities, including engine controllers, battery management systems, flight control actuators, flight control systems and aircraft data networks. You will interface with other engineers to develop and understand requirements, architect and writing high quality code, build tests and test infrastructure, documentation, and provide support through the software lifecycle.

29 days ago

Santa Cruz, CA

$136,100–$152,000 / year

You will work across multiple concurrent workstreams, including flight controls, mission management, embedded systems, simulation, ground control station software, and test infrastructure to help the team prioritize the highest-value work and deliver software tied to flight test campaigns and program milestones. You will partner closely with engineering, flight test and program leads to translate high-level objectives into technically grounded execution plans, maintain clarity around dependencies and risks, and keep the team focused on what matters most.

30+ days ago

Santa Cruz, CA

$167,900–$245,000 / year

30+ days ago

Santa Cruz, California

$167,900–$245,000 / year
Full time

30+ days ago

Santa Cruz, California

$97,600–$152,000 / year
Full time

We are a small, close-knit and agile team; the engineer will work closely with perception, controls, and autonomy engineers to develop state estimation and navigation capabilities that connect perception systems to flight control and mission management. The engineer will be expected to deliver high-quality flight software, act with agency, and be capable of picking up a wide variety of tasks spanning research prototyping, production flight software, and analysis tooling.

30+ days ago

Santa Cruz, California

$136,100–$152,000 / year
Full time

30+ days ago

Santa Cruz, CA

$97,600–$152,000 / year

30+ days ago

Hawthorne, CA

$125,000–$145,000 / year

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, computer engineering, electrical engineering or other engineering discipline; OR 2+ years of professional software development experience in lieu of a degree. SpaceX''s Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy rocket (collectively referred to as Starship) represent a fully reusable transportation system designed to carry both crew and cargo to Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars and beyond.

30+ days ago

Hawthorne, CA

$160,000–$225,000 / year

SpaceX''s Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy rocket (collectively referred to as Starship) represent a fully reusable transportation system designed to carry both crew and cargo to Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars and beyond. ITAR REQUIREMENTS: To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

30+ days ago

Los Angeles, California

At Heart Aerospace, we are developing the ES-30, a regional hybrid-electric airplane capable of carrying 30 passengers, boasting an electric zero-emission range of 200 km and an extended hybrid range of 800 km. Bachelor's or master's degree in electrical engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, or related field.

29 days ago

Huntington Beach, CA

30+ days ago

Long Beach, CA

$100,000–$135,000 / year

As a Flight Dynamics Engineer II based out of Rocket Lab's headquarters in Long Beach, CA, you will perform tracking, navigation, maneuver, trajectory planning, and collision avoidance design and operations for Earth orbiting, lunar, and interplanetary missions as part of a dynamic team with subject matter experts from Systems, Ground Software, Electrical, Avionics, Flight Software, Thermal, Propulsion, and GNC engineering disciplines. To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Rocket Lab Employees must be a U.S. citizen, lawful U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State and/or the U.S. Department of Commerce, as applicable.

30+ days ago

Long Beach, CA

$140,000–$190,000 / year

As a Senior Flight Dynamics Engineer I/II based out of Rocket Lab's headquarters in Long Beach, CA, you will perform tracking, navigation, maneuver, trajectory planning, and collision avoidance design and operations for Earth orbiting, lunar, and interplanetary missions as part of a dynamic team with subject matter experts from Systems, Ground Software, Electrical, Avionics, Flight Software, Thermal, Propulsion, and GNC engineering disciplines. To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Rocket Lab Employees must be a U.S. citizen, lawful U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State and/or the U.S. Department of Commerce, as applicable.

7 days ago

Torrance, CA

$160,000–$250,000 / year

We're seeking a Founding Flight Software Engineer to join the early engineering team and own the flight software stack end-to-end — spanning ground-side mission operations tools and vehicle-side embedded software. Backed by seed funding and led by a founder with prior experience at a major space launch company and a successful aerospace startup, the company is preparing to fly its first spacecraft this year.

1 day ago

San Luis Obispo, California

The engineer will lead and support the simulation and development of advanced control systems for unique configuration aircraft including multi-propulsor eVTOL and CTOL aircraft at all scales (VTOL sUAS to eVTOL manned platforms, research platforms, CTOL Distributed Electric Propulsion aircraft). Empirical Systems Aerospace, Inc (ESAero) is a leader in aerospace engineering, product development, and manufacturing, dedicated to delivering high-quality, innovative, and cost-effective solutions to the industry.

24 days ago

Santa Cruz, California

$173,400–$238,400 / year
Full time

You will drive planning and delivery across multiple concurrent workstreams, including flight controls, mission management, embedded systems, simulation, ground control station software, and test infrastructure, ensuring the team is focused on the highest-value work and delivering software tied to flight test campaigns and program milestones. You will work closely with engineering, flight test, and program leads to translate high-level objectives into executable plans, maintain clarity around dependencies and risks, and keep a talented software team moving with purpose.

17 days ago

Santa Cruz, CA

$173,400–$238,400 / year

16 days ago

Hawthorne, CA

$125,000–$150,000 / year

ITAR REQUIREMENTS: To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Work with interdisciplinary teams to brainstorm, design, and build the next generation of satellite capabilities, from cutting-edge sensors and inter-satellite lasers to space-based cloud compute.

24 days ago

Mountain View, California

You will work closely with navigation, flight software, ground software, networking, mission operations, product, and systems engineering teams to define interfaces, build scenario tooling, validate network behavior, and make this framework an engineering-quality capability rather than a static visualization. This role focuses on building the software infrastructure that connects spacecraft navigation state, mission geometry, link availability, network topology, routing behavior, operational constraints, and software-defined networking workflows into a scalable constellation-level test and analysis environment.

8 days ago

Roseville, CA

$165,000–$199,000 / year

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15 days ago

Mountain View, California

Technical expertise in one of the following areas: probability theory; fault detection and exclusion (FDE); sensor error/noise modeling; or GPS-denied navigation. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing an application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to work@reliable.co.

30+ days ago

Mountain View, California

30+ days ago

San Diego, CA

$107,900–$195,050 / year

The Advanced Concepts Flight Dynamicist will support modeling and simulation development, conceptual design, and vehicle development of various phases of Missiles, Hypersonic Vehicles, Satellites, and other Space Vehicles. Solutions for Defense include enterprise and mission IT, large-scale intelligence systems, command and control, geospatial and data analytics, cybersecurity, logistics, training, and intelligence analysis and operations support.

14 days ago

Hawthorne, CA

$125,000–$150,000 / year

ITAR REQUIREMENTS: To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. You may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of company stock, stock options, or long-term cash awards, as well as potential discretionary bonuses and the ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

17 days ago

Hawthorne, CA

$125,000–$145,000 / year

ITAR REQUIREMENTS: * To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. You may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of company stock, stock options, or long-term cash awards, as well as potential discretionary bonuses and the ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

30+ days ago

Hawthorne, CA

$125,000–$145,000 / year

30+ days ago

Santa Cruz, California

$207,600–$280,000 / year
Full time

Experience with SORA / SORA Annex F v2.5 (or equivalent operational risk assessment framework) and JARUS AMC RPAS.1309 Issue 2. Hydrogen-electric or fuel-cell propulsion, or other novel powertrain integration experience. Overview: The Chief Engineer, Aircraft Systems is the accountable technical authority for the aircraft systems of the Flight Research program: avionics, actuation, propulsion and their integration to meet the program goals.

10 days ago

Santa Cruz, California

$224,000–$245,000 / year
Full time

Lead product requirements and design architecture with multi-disciplinary teams—including controls, systems, and flight testing—to seamlessly embed and validate algorithms within our operational design domain. The right candidate is a strong ML engineer who cares deeply about system integration, experiment reproducibility and traceability, and is able to contribute to different parts of the data pipeline where needed.

30+ days ago

Concord, California

$161,400–$222,000 / year
Full time

Safety & Reliability Leadership: Drive System Safety Assessments (SSA), Functional Hazard Assessments (FHA), and Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) for complex autonomous systems. Overview: The Systems Engineers will own the architecture, integration, and life-cycle success of a single or multiple avionics systems, ranging from requirements management, development, certification, and entry into service.

30+ days ago

Concord, California

$104,800–$152,000 / year
Full time

30+ days ago

Santa Cruz, CA

$207,600–$280,000 / year

Experience with SORA / SORA Annex F v2.5 (or equivalent operational risk assessment framework) and JARUS AMC RPAS.1309 Issue 2. Hydrogen-electric or fuel-cell propulsion, or other novel powertrain integration experience. Own the systems safety case: FHA, PSSA/SSA, FMECA, and CCA per ARP4761/4761A, tailored to UAS failure classification and integrated with the SORA-based safety case.

9 days ago

Santa Cruz, CA

$224,000–$245,000 / year

Lead product requirements and design architecture with multi-disciplinary teams-including controls, systems, and flight testing-to seamlessly embed and validate algorithms within our operational design domain. The right candidate is a strong ML engineer who cares deeply about system integration, experiment reproducibility and traceability, and is able to contribute to different parts of the data pipeline where needed.

30+ days ago

Concord, CA

$104,800–$152,000 / year

Safety & Reliability Leadership: Drive System Safety Assessments (SSA), Functional Hazard Assessments (FHA), and Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) for complex autonomous systems. The Systems Engineers will own the architecture, integration, and life-cycle success of a single or multiple avionics systems, ranging from requirements management, development, certification, and entry into service.

30+ days ago

Costa Mesa, CA

$146,000–$194,000 / year

May substitute equivalent engineering experience in lieu of education.7+ years of experience as a lead test conductor/test director for developmental weapon or missile systems on manned and/or unmanned aircraft to include requirements development, test planning and execution, and test reportingMust possess the ability to understand new concepts quickly; apply them accurately; organize, schedule, and coordinate work phases; and, determine the appropriate approach at the task level or, with assistance, at the project level to provide solutions to a range of complex problems. Ability to travel as required for test planning and executionAble to work extended hours as requiredBias for action – if you see a problem, you want to solve and fix itEligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearancePreferred Qualifications Experience working with the Department of Defense (DoD)Prior experience with software code/script building using programming languages such as Go, Java, C++, Python, JavaScript, etc.

1 day ago

Santa Cruz, CA

$164,900–$225,000 / year

The Flight Research team at Joby is seeking a highly capable flight physics engineer with deep expertise in aerodynamics, propulsion, aircraft design, flight dynamics, performance, and aeroelasticity. This role is a unique opportunity to apply physical models with multiple levels of fidelity to aircraft modeling problems, from simulating novel aircraft configurations to solving challenging dynamics and control problems that have no playbook.

30+ days ago

Long Beach, CA

$100,000–$135,000 / year

As a Flight Dynamics Engineer II based out of Rocket Lab's headquarters in Long Beach, CA, you will perform tracking, navigation, maneuver, trajectory planning, and collision avoidance design and operations for Earth orbiting, lunar, and interplanetary missions as part of a dynamic team with subject matter experts from Systems, Ground Software, Electrical, Avionics, Flight Software, Thermal, Propulsion, and GNC engineering disciplines. Important information: FOR CANDIDATES SEEKING TO WORK IN US OFFICES ONLY: To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Rocket Lab Employees must be a U.S. citizen, lawful U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State and/or the U.S. Department of Commerce, as applicable.

30+ days ago

Santa Cruz, California

$164,900–$225,000 / year
Full time

Overview: The Flight Research team at Joby is seeking a highly capable flight physics engineer with deep expertise in aerodynamics, propulsion, aircraft design, flight dynamics, performance, and aeroelasticity. This role is a unique opportunity to apply physical models with multiple levels of fidelity to aircraft modeling problems, from simulating novel aircraft configurations to solving challenging dynamics and control problems that have no playbook.

30+ days ago

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