Senior Control Systems Engineer

Safran; Hatching Green; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Early finish Fridays

Annual bonus & pay review

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Pension & life assurance

Training & mentoring

Onsite parking

Job summary

Safran Electrical & Power is seeking a Senior Control Systems Engineer to join the Systems Engineering team in Pitstone, Buckinghamshire. The role covers definition, design and development of control systems for high-speed rotating electrical machines, with a hybrid working pattern in a centre of excellence.

You will work within a flexible engineering environment on control system requirements, architectures, performance analysis, and system integration, while supporting test rigs,

Qualifications

• Degree in Electronics or Electrical Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Define control system architecture and requirements with customer cooperation.
• Design control system architectures and assess performance.
• Manage system requirements and ensure compliance.
• Make technical decisions for control systems and interface with customers.
• Assist in test rig design and system testing.
• Prepare documentation for qualification and certification.
• Create project plans and execution plans to meet budget.
• Support business growth and respond to proposals.

Skills

MBSE

Matlab/Simulink

PID control

Control systems architecture

Requirements capture

VHDL

Education

Electronics or Electrical Engineering degree

Tools

Windchill for PLM

Job description

Senior Control Systems Engineer

Pitstone, Buckinghamshire

Hybrid

Looking after the people who make Safran great is our priority. We offer a range of flexible benefits designed to support you—both in and out of work, including:

• Early finish on Fridays
• Competitive salary and annual bonus and pay review
• 25 days' holiday + bank holidays (option to buy/sell)
• Strong Pension scheme and life assurance
• Professional development, ongoing training, mentoring
• Onsite amenities: parking, restaurant, bicycle storage, showers
• Family-friendly and accessible workplace policies

At Safran Electrical & Power, we recognise that aviation needs to innovate and change in order to protect our environment. We believe that future aircraft power systems will be hybrid-electric or full-electric, which is why we are working to develop and deliver advanced electrical solutions to help decarbonise flight.

The Safran Electrical & Power team has expertise in designing and developing electrical systems comprising generators, power conversion, control systems and electric motors for aircraft propulsion.

If you want to help deliver this future, we are looking for enthusiastic and creative people to join our team.

The Role

Based at the Safran Electrical & Power Centre of Excellence in Pitstone you will work within the Systems Engineering team to provide Control Systems expertise for the definition, design and development of Control Systems Architecture for High-speed rotating electrical machines.

Working within a flexible engineering environment you will become part of a team of highly motivated, skilled and experienced individuals whose primary activities relate to electrical power generation and propulsion, and include:

• Control System requirement definition, working with the customer in a team context
• Control System design including architectures, performance analysis and integration aspects
• Systems Requirement management and compliance analysis
• Responsible for Control Systems related technical decisions and providing the Systems interface to the customer
• Participation in system test rig design, and system testing
• Preparation of documentation with the end goal of system qualification and aircraft certification
• Generation of Project plans and Monthly Execution Plans (MEP) to ensure the Programme Engineering budget is met
• Supporting new business growth in promoting the company's capability to customers, in investigating possible opportunities and in preparation of responses to customer Requests for Proposal

We are looking for candidates with a range of skills and experience, but we're also keen to help people grow and develop in this role. If you have some or all of the following, we'd love to hear from you:

• Academically qualified to degree level or equivalent ideally in Electronics or Electrical Engineering
• Experience of the development of Control Systems Architecture ideally from within the Aerospace or Automotive industry or similar safety critical industry, if you have experience of Motor of Generator control this is of particular interest
• Experience of requirements capture software, and Windchill for PLM
• Understanding of Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
• Experience of modelling of systems in Matlab/Simulink/Speedgoat
• Technical report writing ability
• Experience to exposure to VHDL would be beneficial
• PID Controller experience
• Understanding of Validation and Verification processes and HIL (Hardware in the loop)
• Good self-organisation and communication skills