Senior Flight Control Systems Engineer

Quest Defense Systems & Solutions, Inc.•Dallas, TX

2d•$130,000 - $180,000•Remote

About The Position

QDSS is seeking an experienced Aircraft-Level Flight Control System Integrator to support integration of fly-by-wire (FBW) flight control systems within aircraft programs. The role works across flight controls, aircraft systems, avionics, electrical systems, software, safety, and verification teams to ensure the Flight Control System functions correctly within the overall aircraft architecture. It focuses on aircraft-level functionality, system interfaces, integration dependencies, and verification of end-to-end behavior across interacting aircraft systems. The integrator helps establish and maintain a coordinated integration approach, resolve cross-system issues, and provide visibility into integration readiness, risks, and verification progress. The position is remote and requires up to 25% travel. The role supports aircraft development and certification, including system requirements, testing, troubleshooting in-service aircraft issues, and compliance with applicable development and certification standards.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering.
At least 7 years of experience in an aerospace-related field.
Experience defining and certifying at least one FBW and/or Secondary Flight Control system.
Understanding of system definition, integration, and certification, with knowledge of aircraft systems and interfaces such as electrical, hydraulic, avionics, and auto-flight systems.
Working knowledge of the Part 25 certification process.
Working knowledge of MATLAB/Simulink/Stateflow simulation environments.
Familiarity with aircraft certification and development standards, including ARP4754A/ARP4754B, ARP4761/ARP4761A, DO-178C, and DO-254.
Experience with redundant FBW architectures, flight control computers, control laws, sensors, actuators, and fault-management concepts.
Ability to work across organizational and engineering boundaries in a complex aircraft development environment.

Nice To Haves

Experience modeling and dynamically simulating flight-control electrical and hydraulic actuators.
Familiarity with simulation environments such as ADAMS or design tools such as CATIA.
Working knowledge of French.
Experience with aircraft data buses and networks, air data systems, inertial reference systems, avionics interfaces, or integrated modular avionics.
Experience with anomaly investigation, root-cause analysis, technical discrepancy management, and verification closure.

Responsibilities

Integrate the FBW and Secondary Flight Controls system on the aircraft.
Support development of concepts, design approaches, and philosophy with the Flight Control system supplier.
Perform or review analyses to evaluate concept feasibility.
Develop, validate, and verify technical requirements for the Flight Control System.
Review or prepare technical requirements, test procedures, and test reports in support of certification activities.
Execute test rig and/or aircraft testing.
Resolve problems arising from in-service aircraft, including troubleshooting, root-cause determination, and corrective-action definition and execution.
Ensure compliance with the ARP4754 development process.
Support trade-off studies and life-cycle cost analysis for future programs.
Ensure the design process and resulting equipment implementation align with Bombardier requirements and standards.
Coordinate integration across engineering teams and provide technical visibility into integration readiness, risks, and verification progress.