Senior Flight Control Systems Engineer

Onsite / Hybrid | Start-up | Novel unmanned aircraft programme
\n Note: No visa sponsorship is available for this role.

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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.

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\nWhat you'll be doing\n
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• Develop and tune flight-control algorithms and control approaches for UAS platforms
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• Verify and validate control performance from simulation to ground testing and flight testing
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• Support flight dynamics modelling, control-law development, simulation and tuning
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• Configure, integrate, and tune autopilot systems where appropriate
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• Support system identification, flight-test planning, and flight-data analysis
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• Contribute to SIL/HIL test approaches and troubleshooting (stability, sensor fusion, actuators)
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• Document control approaches, test results, configuration changes, and validation evidence
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\nWhat we're looking for\n
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• Strong experience in flight control / control systems / autonomy / robotics / aerospace controls
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• Proven experience developing and testing control algorithms for real-world systems
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• Practical experience with UAS/UAVs, aircraft, robotics, or autonomous platforms
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• Strong understanding of flight dynamics, control theory, stability and tuning
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• Experience with modelling, simulation, testing and verification/validation
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• Ability to analyse flight-test data and diagnose control issues
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• Comfortable working with autopilots, IMUs, GNSS/INS, actuators and onboard systems
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• Strong documentation and validation discipline
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\nNice to have\n
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• Control-law development for unconventional aircraft / novel UAS platforms
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• PX4, ArduPilot, Auterion (or similar)
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• MATLAB/Simulink, Python, C/C++
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