Flight Controls Systems Engineer

Flight Control Systems Engineer consultant

The key points the CM needs K doing are below. The aircraft will be for a futuristic Urban Air Taxi aircraft.

1) Design and test of a 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.

2) Development of systems architecture, system and software design, redundancy management, electronic hardware design and integration, input sensor design and integration, and actuator design and controls integration

3) Development of unique air vehicle control mechanisms, autonomous systems and control algorithms, and flight control law integration.

4) 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.

• Familiarity with embedded hardware and software design
o Electronic hardware, electric motor drive, signal conditioning, sensor integration, software implementation
o 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, electro-mechanical actuation and controls
• Experience with flight control system development and testing in a lab environment
• Experience with aircraft installation, functional testing, and troubleshooting
• Experience with the following primary development environments:
o MathWorks MATLAB / Simulink
o C/C++ code
o Bench tools such as Oscilloscopes, Multimeters, Power supplies
o Serena Dimensions / PVCS, Git
o RTOS, Linux OS, or bare metal

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering required