Senior Systems Engineer
Sierra Nevada Corporation
Systems Engineer, Flight Control Systems
Expleo Group
full-time
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Origin: • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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About the role
- Support customer with design, development, testing and certification of aircraft control systems used to stabilise, guide and automate aircraft movement
- Assist to develop software and algorithms to support flight control systems development
- Define auto-throttle and wave-off logic
- Define Flight Control System (FCS) software integration and sensors for dynamic glidepath tracking
- Create control laws and algorithms
- Use MBSE tools such as Enterprise Architect, MATLAB and Simulink
- Cross functional collaboration and requirements management
- Perform verification and validation activities
- Author test scripts and run/manage tests
- Debugging, report writing and preparing certification documentation
- Promote attention to detail, communication, and teamwork within the team
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field (Master's degree preferred)
- Proven experience in systems engineering, preferably within the defence or aerospace industry
- Ideally registered with INCOSE
- Significant experience working with flight control systems
- Demonstrable experience in systems engineering tools and methodologies (requirements management, MBSE, SysML)
- Experience using MBSE tools such as Enterprise Architect, MATLAB and Simulink
- Experience in design, verification, validation and testing of flight control systems
- Experience authoring documentation, test scripts, and preparing certification documentation
- Skills in developing software and algorithms, creating control laws and algorithms
- Experience defining auto-throttle and wave-off logic, FCS software integration and sensors for dynamic glidepath tracking
- Experience running and managing tests, debugging and report writing
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Experience with project management practices and tools (schedule management, risk analysis, resource allocation)
- Eligibility for security clearance (dependent on project requirements)
- Knowledge of industry standards desirable: ARP4754, MIL-STD, DO-178C, DO-331, DO-254
- Experience of R&D in flight control systems would be an advantage
- Minimum of 10 years engineering experience post Grad Programme
