Sr. Staff Engineer, Flight Control Systems

What You’ll Do

• Author and take responsibility for the system-level product requirements
• Ensure the requirement set is complete and correct, with traceability to and fulfilling business, technical, and operational objectives
• Coordinate with other Systems Engineers to ensure the fully integrated system meets its requirements and is optimized
• Collaborate with systems and safety engineering team to define the functional breakdown, and identify functional and physical interfaces
• Participate in architecture definition, trade studies, and mutli-disciplinary integration problem solving
• Support suppliers in the development of lower-level requirement sets and implementation with other systems engineers, technical leads, and subject matter experts
• Coordinate the Validation and Verification processes at the system level, ensuring the plans are followed and process independence is maintained
• Contribute to improving internal processes and tools
• Contribute to writing system level verification plan and procedures, including formal requirements verification, end-to-end robustness testing, performance analyzes, production acceptance test procedures
• Support development of compliance documentation such as the system certification plan, system compliance checklists, system review reports, system descriptions, issue paper development and responses
• Support development and review of aircraft level technical documentation such as aircraft manuals and procedures.

What You Need

• 8 or more years of relevant technical experience
• Experience developing control system requirements and supporting configuration and architecture definitions on one or more civil aircraft
• Understanding of Systems Engineering standards used in civil aviation and the underlying reasons and purpose for each process and activity
• Experience with all phases of aircraft development from concept to certification and entry into service
• Extensive experience using one or more requirements management tools
• Knowledge on 14 CFR parts 23/25/91/135 and applicable guidance materials.
• Collaborative mindset
• Excellent verbal and written interpersonal communication
• Excellent organizational and communication skills
• Passion for learning and problem solving
• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering or related field

Bonus Qualifications

• Experience developing highly integrated aerospace systems
• Experience executing formal Validation and Verification activities in a civil aerospace program
• Experience developing and analyzing system monitors
• Experience using Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) modeling tools
• Familiarity with Matlab/Simulink for control system design and data analysis.
• Familiarity with Python or similar scripting languages