Junior Flight Control Systems Engineer

at  Vertical Aerospace

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.

Please refer the Job description for details