Flight Controls Systems Engineer I - Onsite

RTX • Cedar Rapids, IA

6d • Onsite

About The Position

This entry-level position represents a great opportunity to apply your systems engineering skills to actual real-time embedded systems with critical safety requirements. Collins Aerospace' AFCS products have been flying and landing airplanes for over 30 years. Our customer base is a who's who of aircraft manufacturers and they demand systems which satisfy the highest levels of criticality at the lowest cost possible. This dichotomy provides a continuous challenge to our engineering team to employ new technology and methodologies in the development of our complex systems. We are looking for Flight Control Systems Engineer to join our team and contribute to the development of AFCS products for the next generation of business, regional, military, and air-transport aircraft. Typical functions to implement include flight guidance, autothrottle, autopilot, and autoland systems for Business and Regional and Air Transport aircraft.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or advanced degree in electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, or equivalent STEM major obtained by start date
• This job requires a U.S. Person. A U.S. Person is a lawful permanent resident as defined in 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20) or who is a protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3). U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, U.S. permanent residents, or individuals granted refugee or asylee status in the U.S. are considered U.S. persons.

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience with Matlab/Simulink
• Knowledge of control systems theory
• General knowledge of aviation and/or flight control systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop control algorithms and signal processing for flight control systems. This includes flight guidance, autothrottle, and attitude control systems
• Define and review system requirements for flight control systems including functional requirements and interface requirements
• Develop models and simulation tools for various types of closed loop systems to assess performance
• Conduct system verification and validation of the control algorithms, flight control system functional requirements and interface requirements.
• Support product certification at all levels by performing ARP4754A/B compliant system development and DO-178B/C compliant software development.

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• life insurance
• short-term disability
• long-term disability
• 401(k) match
• flexible spending accounts
• flexible work schedules
• employee assistance program
• Employee Scholar Program
• parental leave
• paid time off
• holidays

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level