Job Description
Flight Controls Systems Engineer
- Support the development of new and Client products and platforms, such as autonomous Urban Air Taxi and Product transportation/delivery systems.
- Design and test of Fly-by-Wire Flight Control Systems (FCS) with embedded software and complex hardware in a rapid development environment within a relatively small team working on cutting edge aerospace technology.
- Development of systems architecture, system and software design, redundancy management, electronic hardware design and integration, sensor design and integration, and actuator design and controls integration.
- Development of unique air vehicle control mechanisms, autonomous systems and control algorithms, and flight control law integration.
- Requirements management, systems specifications, interface management, system safety assessment, verification and validation testing in desktop simulation and systems integration labs, and participation in aircraft flight test activities.
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering
- A minimum of 5 years of experience in Flight Control Systems Engineering
- Experience with MathWorks MATLAB / Simulink
- Experience with C/C++ code
- Experience with bench tools such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, power supplies
- Experience with Serena Dimensions / PVCS, Git o RTOS, Linux OS, bare metal
- Preferred Qualifications (Not Required):
- Familiarity with embedded hardware and software design
- Electronic hardware, electric motor drive, signal conditioning, sensor integration, software implementation
- Data protocols – RS-422/485 UART, ARINC 429, Ethernet, SPI
- Experience with system architecture creation, design diagrams, interconnect diagrams, and interface control documentation
- Experience with creation of system specifications, requirements traceability, and verification
- Familiarity with avionics systems, inertial systems, electrical power systems, electro-mechanical actuation systems, and hydro-mechanical actuation systems
- Experience with flight control system development and testing in a lab environment
- Experience with aircraft installation, functional testing, and troubleshooting