Senior Flight Control Systems Engineer

Pension, Company Share Scheme Yorkshire and the Humber, England

Permanent

Onsite / Hybrid | Start-up | Novel unmanned aircraft programme

Note:

No visa sponsorship is available for this role. 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 platformsPX4, Ardu Pilot, Auterion (or similar)
MATLAB/Simulink, Python, C/C++