At a Glance
- Tasks: Develop and tune flight-control algorithms for innovative unmanned aircraft.
- Company: Exciting start-up focused on novel unmanned aircraft programmes.
- Benefits: Onsite/hybrid work, hands-on experience, and a chance to shape the future of aviation.
- Other info: Dynamic environment with opportunities for growth and innovation.
- Why this job: Join a pioneering team and make a real impact in aerospace technology.
- Qualifications: Strong background in flight control systems and practical experience with UAS/UAVs.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
Onsite / Hybrid | Start-up | Novel unmanned aircraft programme
A start-up team is building a new unmanned aircraft platform and needs a senior, hands-on Flight Controls Engineer to take control laws from simulation through to ground and flight test.
What you'll be doing:
- Develop and tune flight-control algorithms and control approaches for UAS platforms
- Verify and validate control performance from simulation to ground testing and flight testing
- Support flight dynamics modelling, control-law development, simulation and tuning
- Configure, integrate, and tune autopilot systems where appropriate
- Support system identification, flight-test planning, and flight-data analysis
- Contribute to SIL/HIL test approaches and troubleshooting (stability, sensor fusion, actuators)
- Document control approaches, test results, configuration changes, and validation evidence
What we're looking for:
- Strong experience in flight control / control systems / autonomy / robotics / aerospace controls
- Proven experience developing and testing control algorithms for real-world systems
- Practical experience with UAS/UAVs, aircraft, robotics, or autonomous platforms
- Strong understanding of flight dynamics, control theory, stability and tuning
- Experience with modelling, simulation, testing and verification/validation
- Ability to analyse flight-test data and diagnose control issues
- Comfortable working with autopilots, IMUs, GNSS/INS, actuators and onboard systems
- Strong documentation and validation discipline
Nice to have:
- Control-law development for unconventional aircraft / novel UAS platforms
- PX4, ArduPilot, Auterion (or similar)
- MATLAB/Simulink, Python, C/C++
We think you need these skills to ace Senior Flight Control Systems Engineer
Flight Control Algorithms Development
Control Systems Engineering
UAS/UAV Experience
Flight Dynamics Modelling
Control Theory
Simulation and Tuning
Autopilot Systems Configuration
