Fly-By-Wire & Secondary Control System Engineer
About The Position
The Fly-By-Wire & Secondary Control System Engineer will perform the integration of the FBW & Secondary Flight Controls system on the aircraft. This role involves supporting the development of concepts, design approach, and philosophy with the Flight Control system supplier. The engineer will also perform/review analysis to evaluate concepts feasibility, develop and validate technical requirements of the Flight Control System, and review/prepare technical requirements and test procedures. Responsibilities include executing test rig and/or aircraft testing, reviewing/preparing test reports for certification activities, and resolving problems arising from in-service aircraft, including troubleshooting, root cause determination, and corrective action definition and execution. The role ensures compliance with the ARP4754 development process and supports trade-off studies and life cycle cost analysis for future programs, ensuring the design process and equipment implementation align with customer requirements and standards. Occasional trips to supplier facilities and regulatory authorities, as well as on-site support to the Final Assembly Line, are expected.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering.
- Minimum of 7 years’ experience in aerospace related field.
- Directly involved in the definition and certification of at least one FBW and/or Secondary Flight Control system.
- Good understanding of all facets of system definition, integration, and certification.
- Knowledge of aircraft systems and interfaces (e.g., electrical, hydraulic, avionics, autoflight).
- Knowledge of Part 25 certification process.
- Working knowledge of MATLAB/Simulink/Stateflow simulation environment.
- Ability to work with limited supervision.
- Organized.
- Team player.
- Self-motivated person.
- Customer focused.
- Able to work under pressure.
- Show initiative, innovation, a strong sense of responsibility and integrity, adaptability.
- Good interpersonal communication skills.
- Good engineering judgement.
- Drive for results.
- Fluent in both English and French.
- Authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in modeling and dynamic simulation of flight controls electrical and hydraulic actuators is an asset.
- Some familiarity with other simulation environments such as ADAMS, or design tools such as CATIA would be an asset.
- Good knowledge of MS Office and Requirements Management tools is an asset.
Responsibilities
- Perform the integration of the FBW & Secondary Flight Controls system on the aircraft.
- Support the development of concepts, design approach and philosophy with the Flight Control system supplier.
- Perform/Review analysis to evaluate concepts feasibility.
- Develop, validate and verify technical requirements of the Flight Control System.
- Review/Prepare technical requirements.
- Review/Prepare test procedures.
- Execute test rig and/or aircraft testing.
- Review/Prepare test reports in support of certification activities.
- Resolve problems arising from in-service aircraft.
- Troubleshooting, root cause determination, corrective action definition and execution.
- Ensure compliance to the ARP4754 development process.
- Support trade off studies and life cycle cost analysis for future programs.
- Ensure the design process and the resulting equipment implementation is in line with Customer requirements and standards.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
