Autonomous Flight Control Systems Engineer

SAAB; Northampton; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Security clearance

Job summary

Saab UK is seeking a Flight Control Systems Engineer to develop, validate and deploy safety-critical software for aircraft flight systems. You will use MATLAB/Simulink to craft control laws, perform verification and conduct real-world flight testing near Bedford.

The role involves collaboration across disciplines, driving quality targets and continuous improvement. The position requires a degree in aerospace engineering, SC clearance, and hands-on experience with embedded, real-time systems and

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 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 with git.
• C++, Java, Python development skills.
• Experience with DO-178, ED-20x software quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and test safety-critical flight control software.
• Contribute to requirements definition and use MATLAB/Simulink to generate control laws and data manipulation algorithms.
• Verify and validate via bespoke simulations; deploy software to target hardware.
• Conduct real-world flight testing at our test facility near the office.
• Present findings in reports or customer-facing presentations.
• Collaborate in a multidisciplinary team; contribute to SOPs, continuous improvement and quality targets.
• Engage in the development of autonomous and unmanned systems with a focus on reliability.

Skills

Aerodynamics knowledge

Flight mechanics understanding

MATLAB/Simulink

Control systems design

SC clearance

Guidance/navigation/control algorithms

Sensing systems knowledge

Small UAS experience

Stateflow/Simulink tools

Embedded/real-time software

Git/version control

C++, Java, Python

Software quality standards (DO-178, ED

Education

Degree in aerospace engineering

Tools

MATLAB/Simulink

Stateflow

Simulink Coder

Embedded Coder

Git

Job description

Saab UK is seeking a Flight Control Systems Engineer to develop, validate and deploy safety-critical software for aircraft flight systems. You will use MATLAB/Simulink to craft control laws, perform verification and conduct real-world flight testing near Bedford.

The role involves collaboration across disciplines, driving quality targets and continuous improvement. The position requires a degree in aerospace engineering, SC clearance, and hands-on experience with embedded, real-time systems and