Senior Flight Control Laws Engineer

We are looking for a Senior Flight Control Laws Engineer who will:

Enjoy working with a world class team comprised of leading aerospace and technology thinkers as well as some of the finest engineering talent. Possess a passion for sustainable aviation and it’s benefits for both society and sustainability. Vertical is a values-led business that embraces diversity in all its forms in particular diversity of thought. Vertical is committed to building an industry leading team offering global perspectives that represent the communities it serves.

The responsibilities and duties of a Senior Flight Control Laws Engineer will be as follows:

You will serve as a focal point the control laws for our aircraft. In this role you will:

• Lead the development and execution of the strategy for the design and analysis of our control laws
• Lead the design and build of analysis tools, methods and process for analysis of control law performance and assessment of stability and robustness
• Test and analyse models in simulation and with hardware in the loop
• Generate, review and author control law requirements and participate in requirements management tasks
• Analyse flight test data and use it to perform system identification
• Lead validation and verification tasks
• Collaborate with both internal and external partners in developing our control law design

The successful Senior Flight Control Laws Engineer will have the following Experience & Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Aerospace/Aeronautical/Control Engineering or other relevant discipline
• Experience of developing higher-order control laws for clean-sheet aircraft designs
• Strong mathematical ability
• Expert MATLAB/Simulink skills
• Effective technical writing and presentation skills and an ability to clearly communicate conclusions from large and complex datasets
• Ability to be a strong voice for Vertical Aerospace in discussions with external partners and collaborative environments
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work in a small, motivated team
• Ability to mentor, develop and guide junior team members

Highly desirable:

• Knowledge of advanced control theory, such as μ-Analysis and/or nonlinear dynamic inversion
• Experience in aero-servo-elasticity / structural coupling analysis

Also beneficial:

• Familiarity with the processes associated with the certification of control laws
• Experience of requirements management and use of requirements management tools
• Knowledge of system identification methodology and its application to building mathematical models of dynamic systems
• Experience working with novel aircraft configurations and/or aircraft which undergo transition
• Experience of control law design for load alleviation
• Experience of in-flight structural modes testing
• Chartered Engineer status

This is an on-going advert and interviews will be held on an ad-hoc basis until sufficient applications have been received.