Hybrid Senior Flight Control Laws Engineer

at Embraer

• Job title: Senior Flight Control Laws Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Bristol, United Kingdom

About the role

• Senior Flight Control Laws Engineer developing control laws for electric aircraft and ensuring compliance with aerospace standards in a pioneering company.

Responsibilities

• You will operate across the entire spectrum of control laws development, supporting both our development aircraft programme and our Certification aircraft programme.
• You will play a significant role in contributing to key control law design decisions.
• You will interface with cross-functional teams, including flight dynamics, aerodynamics, propulsion, and avionics, to integrate control laws with aircraft systems whilst managing various stakeholder requirements to achieve key performance, safety, and certification objectives.
• You will lead on ensuring flight control law development adheres to aerospace standards such as SAE ARP4754, DO-178 and DO-331.
• You will play a key role in our certification efforts, including creation of Certification artefacts and communication with relevant Certification Authorities.
• You will lead and mentor junior engineers in the development of control laws, fostering technical growth within the team and promoting knowledge exchange and establishing best practices within the Flight Control Laws team.

Requirements

• BSc, MSc or PhD in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computer Science with significant experience within the Aerospace domain.
• Expert knowledge of Control Theory (classical and modern) and excellent competency with MATLAB and Simulink.
• Significant experience with one or more aspects of aircraft Flight Control Laws design, validation, verification.
• High motivation, curiosity, and confidence in your ability for critical thinking and robust decision making.
• Strong understanding of fixed-wing and rotorcraft flight dynamics.
• Knowledge of software development and associated guidelines (SAE ARP4754, RTCA/EUROCAE DO-178, DO-331, etc.).
• Knowledge of Aircraft Certification Regulations (CAA, FAA, EASA).

Benefits

• 26 days holiday, plus bank holiday
• 5 extra days per year to buy (or sell)
• 5 extra days holiday when you get married or enter a civil partnership
• Additional 4% of your salary to spend on extra benefits
• Award-winning digital health and wellbeing service (Help@Hand)
• Company performance based bonus - rewarding company and individual performance
• Company Share Scheme - open to every Vertical employee
• Company Pension Scheme - 5% and we match it
• Breakfast on us, every day