Flight Control Laws Engineer

The Role:

In this position you will become part of our exceptionally talented flight control laws team with direct report to our Flight Control Laws Lead. Your role will be focused around the development, flight testing, and certification of the flight control system. This includes control law feature development, validation and verification activities, as well as the preparation and evaluation of flight tests. As a flight control law engineer you will take full responsibility and ownership of one or more controller components and take them to serial production readiness. At the same time, you will be able to work on the flight control laws from a holistic perspective e.g. during flight tests and interact with multiple interfacing teams.

Your Day to Day:

· Review and solution of problem reports related to flight control laws

· Development of flight control laws components such as a feedback control law from requirements engineering and linear control law design to nonlinear verification

· Preparation and execution of design reviews within the flight control laws team

· Preparation and execution of flight control laws integration testing (HIL/E-bird)

· Preparation and support of flight test activities, analysis of flight test results

· Contribution to analyses and trade-off studies

· Ad-hoc tasks and troubleshooting

Your Profile:

· M. Sc. in aeronautics/engineering or similar degree

· Min. 2 years of professional experience in flight control development, fly-by-wire systems

· Previous experience with flight system dynamics, flight control, linear control systems

· Experience with flight testing is a plus

· Very good skills in Matlab/Simulink

· Strong motivation to help build and shape your organisation, structures and processes

· High level of self-reliance with the ability to work in a team as well as autonomously

· Target-oriented, driven workstyle with analytic problem solving skills required

· Fluent English language skills are essential, fluent German or any other language would be beneficial

Welcome to the future

Elegance, speed, comfort and sustainability – fusing to a new form of traveling. The Lilium airplane is the only means of transportation that can meet the demands of future mobility and therefore shape it now. We are introducing the world's first electric vertical take-off and landing jet.

Lilium is a thriving Startup creating a revolution in personal transportation and e-mobility with secured funding and proven technologies (several flying prototypes) with support by the European Space Agency (ESA). We are a highly energetic and ambitious team with world-class investors who value outstanding talent, serious creativity and elaborate innovation.

At Lilium, you will work with the world´s most talented engineers, designers and thought leaders to revolutionize the way people travel. We apply an exceptional breadth and depth to our work, we are incredibly focused onto our mission and we are therefore looking for people like us who are continuously striving towards perfection. If you, too, are filled with the insatiable need to grow, to innovate and to create don‘t hesitate to grasp this exclusive opportunity.

Lilium is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all qualified individuals regardless of race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on competence, performance, and business needs

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