Senior Manager-Flight Controls Systems

The Senior Manager, Flight Control Systems leads the strategy, development, integration, verification, certification, production transition, and operational support of aircraft flight control systems. This role is responsible for a multidisciplinary engineering organization comprising flight controls systems engineers, control law developers, modeling and simulation engineers, and systems integrations and test engineers. In partnership with the Advanced Design and Development organization, this team develops, matures, and atransitions innovative flight control technologies and capabilities into certified aircraft products.

This position also serves as the site leader for the Arizona Innovation Center.

• Build, lead, develop, and retain a high-performing multidisciplinary Flight Control Systems organization, establishing clear accountability, technical ownership, workforce plans, execution priorities, and a culture of safety, innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Serve as the site leader for the Arizona Innovation Center, providing local leadership and coordinating site operations, resources, facilities, and cross-functional activities in support of organizational objectives.
• Lead the Flight Control Systems organization in the development, integration, certification, and lifecycle support of aircraft flight control systems.
• Provide leadership, governance, and oversight for flight controls requirements, safety, development assurance, verification, validtaion, certification, and technical execution activities.
• Partner with Advanced Design and Development to mature, integrate, and transition innovative flight control technologies and capabilities into certifiable aircraft products for current and future aircraft programs.
• Partner with Certification, ODA, suppliers, and program stakeholders to establish certification strategies, means of compliance, and certification plans.
• Establish and oversee flight contorles integration, simulation, and test capabilities that support the development, verification, and certification of current and future aircraft programs.
• Own organizational budgeting, resource planning, schedule commitments, risk management, and performance reporting.
• Establish engineering processes, tools, and technical standards that improve execution, reduce program risk, and enable scalable flight control system development.
• Communicate technical, programmatic, certification, and organizational topics to enginnering teams, program leadership, executive management, suppliers, and regaulatory authorities.

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, Systems, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 10+ years of progressively responsible aerospace engineering experience, including substantial experience developing aircraft flight control systems across multiple phases of the product lifecycle.
• 5+ years of direct leadership experience managing technical teams, technical leaders, suppliers, and cross-functional execution.
• Demonstrated experience leading aircraft flight control system development from intial design through integration, verification, flight test, and certification.
• Demonstrated experience developing, managing, or operating flight control system test facilities such as system integration laboratories, hardware-in-the-loop benches, engineering simulators, or iron-bird test rigs.
• Working knowledge of aircraft certification, system safety, development assurance, environmental qualification, and airborne hardware/software development practices, including familiarity with ARP
  4754A/B, ARP
  4761A, DO-178C, DO-254, and DO-160.
• Experience with mdoel-based development, simulation, requirements management, configuration management, issue tracking, and verification tool chains.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, sound technical judgement, and the ability to lead through ambiguity in an early-stage development environment.

Preferred:

• Master's degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, Systems, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Leading teams of 10 or more engineers working on multiple complex projects.
• Previous certification experience with standards such as 14 CFR Part 23.
• Process development experience (Six Sigma Green belt of others).
• Process mapping and deployment experience (VSM).
• Use of design rolls such as CREO, MATLAB, VBA, or similar programs.
• Requirements Management tool experience (PTC Integrity, Doors, Jama, or…