Junior Flight Control Systems Engineer
Join the Digital & Flight Systems Team based in Bristol as a Junior Flight Control Systems Engineer and help us to achieve our mission of pioneering electric aviation.What success will look like for you, as a Junior Flight Control Systems Engineer?
The Flight Control Systems team are a close-knit and agile team, working within the Digital & Flight Systems squad at Vertical. We work closely with our partner, Honeywell, to ensure the aircraft flies safely, has optimum performance and is robust to the environment within which it operates.
As the Flight Control Systems are the brains of the aircraft, we interface with almost every other team at Vertical; deeply understanding and managing (often competing) stakeholder requirements is crucial. We work closely with our partner, Honeywell, to ensure the aircraft flies safely, has optimum performance and is robust to the environment within which it operates.
You will bring a good understanding of Control Systems or any other avionic/actuation system, knowledge of control design and passion for working with Aircraft or Spacecraft and in a fast-paced technology environment.
What would we like you to bring.Since we're a compact team, we seek someone who excels in environments where they can leverage their best skills to tackle diverse challenges encountered when developing control laws for an eVTOL aircraft. You will bring experience with controls and programming in Matlab/Simulink & Python. You will support both our development aircraft programme and our Certification aircraft programme, deploying your experience to solve many of the unique challenges we face developing controls for a vectored-thrust eVTOL aircraft.
You’ll be supporting activities to solve these challenges across the entire spectrum of control laws development, and you will have confidence in your communication skills to convey complex ideas to different audiences. You will have a genuine passion growth and development within the Digital Systems team. Your outstanding attention to detail will ensure quality results and positive growth in your career. As an engineer you will be highly-motivated, curious, and have confidence in your ability for critical thinking and robust decision making.
We are looking for people that will have the following qualifications and experiences: Educated to degree level or higher in Engineering, Physics or equivalent (ideally with relevance to the aerospace sector). You will have experience programming in Matlab/Simulink & Python, with knowledge of control design for flight control, avionic or actuation systems.
It would be ideal, but not essential, to have experience with; Aircraft flight characteristics, experience with hardware/software development and system integration, familiarity with SysML and the role of simulation in fast-paced engineering programmes.
What can you expect from us?
We're on a mission. Where others see limits, we see opportunity, and we work at pace. Working at Vertical isn't your average role but for those seeking a challenge, a flexible, supportive organisation and an incredible team; working here is an opportunity to do the best work of your career.
Our approach promotes ingenuity and courage, while our environment builds success through diligence in safety and being open in the way we work. The only way we're going to assure the next chapter of aviation history is by working as a team, relentlessly, towards our goal.
Our benefits
Our people matter - we're not going anywhere without them. Which is why our company benefits go beyond the essentials.
- 26 days holiday, plus bank holiday
- 5 extra days per year to buy (or sell)
- 5 extra days holiday when you get married or enter a civil partnership
- Additional 4% of your salary to spend on extra benefits
- Award-winning digital health and wellbeing service (Help@Hand)
- Company Share Scheme - open to every Vertical employee
- Company Pension Scheme - 5% and we match it
- Breakfast on us, every day
We may just be the hardest job you've ever had, but we're confident it will be the most rewarding. Join the team today and help us shape the future of Advanced Air Mobility.
Disclaimer Statement
We encourage you to apply even if you may not have all the experience listed in the advert. We recognise that talent comes in various forms and we are committed to providing opportunities that create an environment of growth, diversity, and inclusion for everyone. As part of our desire to review and make our processes fair, we may ask you questions related to these aspects during the application process. For more information on how we will use your data, see our Legal section.
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