Associate Flight Controls Engineer

Boeing

Associate Flight Controls Engineer working on design, analysis, test and certification of flight control laws systems for large commercial aircraft. Collaborating with an experienced team to improve capability, efficiency, and safety.

Posted 6/25/2026full-timeSao Jose dos Campos • 🇧🇷 BrazilJuniorMid-LevelWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Resolve airplane level requirements into system level requirements and resolve system level requirements into functional requirements with time and cost-efficient validation methods
Execute system- and component-level validation activities including: Linear analyses for performance and robustness (rigid-body modes and flexible modes).
Non-linear testing across multiple integration levels (software-in-the-loop, hardware-in-the-loop, iron bird, and pilot-in-the-loop simulators) covering nominal operations, failure modes, and environmental disturbances (e.g., turbulence, gusts).
Test planning, real-time monitoring, post-test analysis, report writing, and test failure mitigation.
Verify flight control requirements through simulation and analytical methods.
Analysis and resolution of rejections and ground/flight test squawks; and ground/flight test data review for design validation and certification compliance
Problem reports investigation and timely resolution/dispositioning.
Participate in certification activities, including creation of certification artifacts: system safety analyses, FMEA, fault trees; demonstrate regulatory traceability and resolve compliance issues.
Participate in system, component and detail certification efforts, including creation of required certification artifacts, such as, system safety analysis, failure modes and effects analysis, and fault tree analysis; confirming and demonstrating traceability to regulatory requirements; and resolution of regulation conflicts.
Support production efforts including timely resolution of prototype and first build problems at Boeing and supplier manufacturing facilities; ensuring readiness for production start-up milestones, such as, power-on, system gauntlet, system functional test, ground test and first flight.
Cross-functional interfacing within and outside of Boeing including with: manufacturing, avionics, crew-ops, airplane safety, aerodynamics, supply chain management, BCA systems software, suppliers, airline customers, and regulatory agencies

Requirements

What you’ll need

Must have existing rights to work in Brazil
Must have a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
Must be registered or eligible to register with the Engineering and Agronomy Regional Council (Conselho Regional de Engenharia e Agronomia - CREA)
Proficient in both verbal and written communications skills in the English Language

Benefits

Comp & perks

Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit for this position
Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status

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Hard Skills & Tools

system level requirementsfunctional requirementsvalidation methodslinear analysesnon-linear testingtest planningreal-time monitoringpost-test analysissimulation methodsFMEA

Soft Skills

problem solvingcommunication skillsreport writingcross-functional collaboration

Certifications

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineeringregistration with CREA