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AMERICAN SYSTEMS · 1 day ago

Senior Flight Controls Engineer

Patuxent River, MD

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$108K/yr - $181K/yr

5+ years exp

AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned federal government contractor supporting national priority programs. As a Senior Flight Controls Engineer, you will provide innovative technical solutions for advanced aircraft and support Navy aircraft platforms with oversight and integration testing of flight control systems.

GovernmentInformation Technology

Comp. & Benefits

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

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

Qualification

Flight Control Law designFlight Control system simulationFlight Control system testingFlight Control Software developmentEngineering degree

Required

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