Autonomous Flight Control Systems Engineer

SAAB; Fenny Stratford; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Saab UK is seeking a Flight Control Systems Engineer to develop, maintain and test safety-critical software for aircraft flight control systems. You will work with MATLAB/Simulink to generate algorithms and implement them on target hardware, followed by verification, validation and real-world flight testing at our facility near Bedford.

The role requires collaboration across a multidisciplinary team and active contribution to standard operating processes and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Essential degree in aerospace engineering or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and test safety-critical software for flight control systems.
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Skills

Aerospace engineering degree

MATLAB/Simulink development

Control systems design

Embedded real-time systems

SC Clearance

C++, Java, Python

Version control (git)

DO-178 / ED-20x knowledge

Sensing systems knowledge

Experience with small UAS

Education

Degree in aerospace engineering or similar

Tools

MATLAB/Simulink

Stateflow

Simulink Coder

Embedded Coder

git

Job description

Saab UK is seeking a Flight Control Systems Engineer to develop, maintain and test safety-critical software for aircraft flight control systems. You will work with MATLAB/Simulink to generate algorithms and implement them on target hardware, followed by verification, validation and real-world flight testing at our facility near Bedford.

The role requires collaboration across a multidisciplinary team and active contribution to standard operating processes and continuous improvement.