Advanced Flight Control Systems Engineer

About the Role / Overview

This role involves participating in the definition, integration, and verification of the Flight Control System.

Responsibilities / What You'll Do

• Participate in the definition, integration, and verification of the Flight Control System, including architecture and interface design
• Author and manage system-level requirements, traceability, validation and verification plans, and test procedures
• Support development assurance activities in accordance with ARP4754B, ARP4761A, and related certification standards
• Lead specific development and verification tasks, including cross-functional coordination to deliver on schedule and to the required standard
• Contribute to certification planning, safety assessments, configuration management, and compliance documentation
• Support principal engineers and the safety team on critical or high-complexity tasks, including fault tree analysis, FMEA, and safety case development
• Oversee the technical work of suppliers and participate in supplier reviews and technical discussions
• Collaborate with other engineering disciplines, particularly software, avionics, safety, integration, and simulation team
• Help maintain and improve internal systems engineering processes, ensuring consistency with certification and development standards

Requirements / Qualifications

No specific requirements are listed for this role.

Nice to Have / Preferred

No preferred qualifications are listed for this role.

Benefits / What We Offer

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About Us / About the Company

No company information is provided for this role.

This role contributes to developing electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft with 'zero emissions', pioneering electric aviation and setting new safety standards for air travel.

• Solid experience in flight control systems engineering, ideally with exposure to both design and certification phases
• Good understanding of the full system development lifecycle, including certification planning, safety, validation, verification, configuration management, and compliance
• Working knowledge of ARP4754B and ARP4761A is an asset
• Experience leading technical tasks, work packages, or verification campaigns
• Comfortable working with suppliers, including reviewing technical deliverables and managing interfaces
• Modelling & simulation experience, ideally Matlab/Simulink
• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate across disciplines and teams
• Familiarity with EASA SC.VTOL and its associated Means of Compliance or equivalent practices from transport category aircraft or rotorcraft development
• Experience with airborne software and hardware development standards (e.g. DO-178C, DO-254, DO-160G)
• Previous work on eVTOL, rotorcraft, or high-integrity fixed-wing flight control systems

• 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 performance based bonus - rewarding company and individual performance
• Company Share Scheme - open to every Vertical employee
• Company Pension Scheme - 5% and we match it
• Breakfast on us, every day

Vertical Aerospace is pioneering electric aviation with their eVTOL (electric, vertical, take-off and landing) 'zero emissions' aircraft called Valo, aiming to set new safety standards and redefine aerospace best practices.