Senior Flight Control Laws Engineer

Join the Fight Control Laws Team based in Bristol as a Senior Flight Control Laws Engineer and help us to achieve our mission of pioneering electric aviation.What success will look like for you, as a Senior Flight Control Laws Engineer? The Flight Control Laws 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 Laws 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 strong understanding of classical and modern Control Theory, a deep knowledge of fixed-wing and rotorcraft flight dynamics, and significant experience working with Aircraft or Spacecraft developing flight-critical control software, ideally to Certification Standard.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 significant Flight Control Laws experience to a talented and experienced team who are expanding. 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 Control Laws for a vectored-thrust eVTOL aircraft.

You'll be leading activities to solve these challenges across the entire spectrum of control laws development, and you will have confidence in your independence and your ability to work with others where required. You will have a genuine passion for fostering the growth of junior team members within the FCL team; you will have strong communication skills backed-up by a real belief in the importance of mentorship and knowledge exchange. Your outstanding attention to detail will ensure quality results and positive growth for the mentee. 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: BS in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related field with at least 14 years of experience within the Aerospace domain OR MS/PhD in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computer Science with at least 10 years of experience within the Aerospace domain. You will have expert knowledge of Control Theory (classical and modern) and excellent competency with MATLAB and Simulink, as well as significant experience with one or more aspects of aircraft Flight Control Laws design, validation, verification. You will ideally possess a great understanding of fixed-wing and rotorcraft flight dynamics, as well as knowledge of software development and associated standards (e.g. SAE ARP4754A, RTCA/EUROCAE DO-178C etc.) and of Aircraft Certification Standards (CAA, FAA, EASA).

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.