Flight Control Systems Engineer for UAV Autonomy & Safety

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

Job summary

Saab UK is seeking a Flight Control Systems Engineer to join our Bedfordshire team, focusing on developing, maintaining and testing safety-critical software for autonomous flight systems in unmanned and manned platforms. You will contribute to requirements, generate algorithms using MATLAB/Simulink, deploy on target hardware, and conduct real-world flight tests near the office.

A proactive, collaborative mindset and clear communication are essential to deliver high-integrity flight control

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 sensing systems.
• Hands-on experience with small UAS.
• Mathworks Stateflow, Simulink Coder and Embedded Coder.
• Experience developing mathematical algorithms e.g. Data fusion, state estimation.
• Experience with embedded and real-time 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 software for flight control systems.
• Contribute to requirements definition and use MATLAB/Simulink to generate software.
• Deploy software on target hardware and conduct real-world flight tests near the office.
• Present testing findings in reports or customer-facing presentations.
• Collaborate in a multidisciplinary team and contribute to process improvements and quality targets.

Skills

MATLAB/Simulink

Embedded systems

C++, Java, Python

Git

Real-time systems

Safety critical

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Degree in aerospace engineering or similar

Tools

MATLAB/Simulink

Stateflow

Simulink Coder

Embedded Coder

Git

C++

Java

Python

Real-time systems

DO-178/ED-20x

Job description

Saab UK is seeking a Flight Control Systems Engineer to join our Bedfordshire team, focusing on developing, maintaining and testing safety-critical software for autonomous flight systems in unmanned and manned platforms. You will contribute to requirements, generate algorithms using MATLAB/Simulink, deploy on target hardware, and conduct real-world flight tests near the office.

A proactive, collaborative mindset and clear communication are essential to deliver high-integrity flight control