Senior Flight Controls Engineer

AMERICAN SYSTEMS • Patuxent River, MD

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About The Position

AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned federal government contractor supporting national priority programs through our strategic solutions in the areas of Information Technology, Test & Evaluation, Program Mission Support, Engineering & Analysis, and Training.
As a Senior Flight Controls Engineer with AMERICAN SYSTEMS, you will have an opportunity to do the following:
Provide innovative, technical solutions to solve complex problems on advance aircraft
Provide technical and programmatic support and oversight on Navy aircraft platforms including F-35, E-2, and F-18.
Perform control law design and analysis
Analyze redundancy management of safety critical control systems
Support Built-In-Test (BIT) design
Perform Flight Control System integration testing (including simulation, hardware-in-the-loop, and on-aircraft)
Analyze flight control systems including flight control computers, software, hydraulic and electromechanical actuators, and mechanical flight control linkages
Support the flight control system software support activity

Requirements

• The ability to obtain a Secret clearance (Requires US Citizenship)
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Math, Physics, or other technical discipline
• 5-10 years of relevant experience in at least one of the following
• Flight Control Law design and analysis
• Flight Control system simulation and hardware in the loop
• Flight Control system testing (ground, flight, and lab environment)
• Flight Control Software development, integration, analysis, and test

Responsibilities

• Provide innovative, technical solutions to solve complex problems on advance aircraft
• Provide technical and programmatic support and oversight on Navy aircraft platforms including F-35, E-2, and F-18.
• Perform control law design and analysis
• Analyze redundancy management of safety critical control systems
• Support Built-In-Test (BIT) design
• Perform Flight Control System integration testing (including simulation, hardware-in-the-loop, and on-aircraft)
• Analyze flight control systems including flight control computers, software, hydraulic and electromechanical actuators, and mechanical flight control linkages
• Support the flight control system software support activity

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees