Autonomous Flight Control Systems Engineer

SAAB; Long Buckby; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Saab UK is seeking a Flight Control Systems Engineer to join Saab Blue Bear in Bedfordshire. You will develop, maintain and test safety-critical software for flight systems, using MATLAB/Simulink to create control laws and data manipulation algorithms, and deploy software to target hardware.

The role involves verification and validation through bespoke simulations, real-world flight testing near the office, and presenting findings.

Qualifications

• Essential: Degree in aerospace engineering or similar.
• Understanding of aerodynamics and flight mechanics, and their impact on flight control.
• Experience in using MATLAB/Simulink for developing algorithms and control laws.
• Hands-on experience in designing and commissioning control systems.
• Existing SC Clearance.
• Desirable: Experience designing and implementing guidance, navigation and control algorithms for fixed and/or rotary wing vehicles.
• Knowledge of state-of-the-art for sensing systems.
• Hands-on experience with small UAS.
• Mathworks' Stateflow, Simulink Coder and Embedded Coder packages.
• Experience developing mathematical algorithms e.g. Data fusion, state estimation etc.
• Experience working with embedded systems, real-time systems, safety critical systems.
• Knowledge of communication systems.
• Version control systems e.g. git.
• C++, Java, Python development skills.
• Experience with quality standards for software (e.g. DO-178, ED-20x).

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and test safety critical flight software.
• Verify and validate using bespoke simulations; deploy on target hardware.
• Conduct real-world flight testing at the test facility near the office.
• Present findings in reports or customer-facing presentations.
• Contribute to SOPs and continuous improvement of methods and techniques.

Skills

MATLAB/Simulink

C++

Java

Python

Embedded systems

Education

Degree in Aerospace engineering

Tools

Stateflow

Simulink Coder

Embedded Coder

Git

Job description

Saab UK is seeking a Flight Control Systems Engineer to join Saab Blue Bear in Bedfordshire. You will develop, maintain and test safety-critical software for flight systems, using MATLAB/Simulink to create control laws and data manipulation algorithms, and deploy software to target hardware.

The role involves verification and validation through bespoke simulations, real-world flight testing near the office, and presenting findings.