Flight Control Systems Engineer – UAS Autonomy & Testing

SAAB; Wolverton; 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 systems. You will work on requirements, use MATLAB/Simulink to generate control laws, deploy to hardware and perform real-world flight testing near the office.

Collaboration across disciplines, process improvement, and clear communications are essential. National Security Vetting may be required; opportunity to advance in a leading autonomous systems company within Saab

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

• Developing, maintaining and testing safety critical software that contributes to flight systems.
• Contribute to requirements definition and use MATLAB/Simulink to generate software such as flight control laws and data manipulation algorithms.
• Deploy software to target hardware and conduct real world flight testing at the test facility.
• Present testing findings in reports or customer facing presentations.
• Take an active role in the team and contribute to SOP development and continuous improvement.
• Work in a multidisciplinary environment with strong communication and a can-do attitude.

Skills

Aerospace degree

Flight dynamics knowledge

MATLAB/Simulink

Control system design

SC clearance

C++, Python

RTOS/embedded systems

DO-178/ED-20x

Education

Degree in aerospace engineering

Tools

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 systems. You will work on requirements, use MATLAB/Simulink to generate control laws, deploy to hardware and perform real-world flight testing near the office.

Collaboration across disciplines, process improvement, and clear communications are essential. National Security Vetting may be required; opportunity to advance in a leading autonomous systems company within Saab