eVTOL Systems Integration Lab (SIL) Engineer

About the role

You will join an eVTOL aircraft company to build and run the systems integration lab, the ground-based replica of the aircraft where avionics, flight controls, and propulsion software meet real hardware years before first flight. This team creates the test benches, real-time simulations, and automation that let every other team verify their work continuously. Your lab is where integration bugs die cheaply instead of expensively on the aircraft, and its fidelity determines how much the program trusts ground testing. You will serve every engineering team in the company, because they all verify through your lab, and the quality of your benches will determine how much testing the program can do without flying.

What you will achieve

• Stand up hardware-in-the-loop benches that replicate the aircraft's avionics and propulsion networks with real-time fidelity engineers trust.
• Build automated regression suites that run overnight, catching software and interface regressions before they reach the aircraft.
• Implement fault injection campaigns that prove the flight controls and avionics handle sensor and actuator failures as designed.
• Cut SIL test setup time through standardized bench configurations and self-service tooling other teams can use independently.
• Deliver SIL test evidence that feeds verification credit, with configuration control rigorous enough for certification use. Tool qualification evidence is produced wherever the authority requires it, so lab results count as compliance data.

What you will bring

Must-haves

• 2 to 5 years building or operating hardware-in-the-loop or systems integration labs for aerospace, automotive, or robotics programs.
• Experience with real-time test platforms such as NI VeriStand, dSPACE, or equivalent deterministic systems.
• Strong test automation skills in Python, including instrument control, data acquisition, and results reporting.
• Understanding of avionics interfaces such as CAN, ARINC 429, and Ethernet-based protocols and their failure modes.
• Ability to debug across software, network, and hardware layers when a bench misbehaves at 2 a.m. before a test campaign.
• Disciplined configuration management for lab hardware, software loads, and test baselines.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience qualifying SIL environments for certification verification credit.
• Background in embedded software or flight controls development.
• Knowledge of continuous integration practices applied to hardware-in-the-loop testing.
• Familiarity with model-based plant simulations for real-time execution on deterministic targets.