Wafi Engineering
Flight Controls Engineer
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Company Description
Wafi Engineering is an engineering and technology firm delivering advanced aerospace and engineering solutions. The aerospace division focuses on flight dynamics, flight control systems, UAV development, simulation, and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing. Engineers work in a multidisciplinary environment on the development, modeling, simulation, integration, and validation of flight control systems for UAVs and other aerospace platforms.
Role Description
The Flight Control Systems Engineer will be responsible for the development, analysis, simulation, and validation of flight control systems for UAV and aerospace platforms. The role will involve developing and tuning control laws, building aircraft dynamic models, performing stability and control analysis, and validating flight-control performance through simulation and HIL testing. The engineer will work closely with aerospace and systems engineering teams to integrate flight control systems into complete vehicle architectures and improve system performance based on simulation and test results.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and implement flight control laws for UAVs and aerospace platforms.
- Develop 6-DOF aircraft dynamic and flight-dynamics models.
- Perform aircraft stability and control analysis.
- Design, tune, and validate control algorithms including PID, state-space, LQR, and related control approaches.
- Develop and validate autopilot and attitude-control systems.
- Perform control-system simulations using MATLAB/Simulink or equivalent tools.
- Analyze system response, stability margins, tracking performance, and control-system robustness.
- Support guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) system development where required.
- Develop simulation environments for flight-control verification and validation.
- Support Software-in-the-Loop (SIL), Model-in-the-Loop (MIL), and Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) testing.
- Analyze HIL and flight-test data to identify and resolve control-system performance issues.
- Support integration of flight-control systems with avionics, sensors, actuators, and onboard computers.
- Perform system-level troubleshooting and optimization.
- Prepare technical documentation, control-system specifications, simulation results, and verification reports.
- Participate in technical and design reviews.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of flight-control architectures, algorithms, and testing methodologies.
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Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Control Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a closely related field.
- Strong understanding of flight dynamics, aircraft stability, and control systems.
- Practical experience with flight-control system development and control-law design.
- Proficiency in MATLAB/Simulink or equivalent flight-control simulation environments.
- Understanding of aircraft 6-DOF modeling and dynamic system modeling.
- Experience with PID, state-space, LQR, gain scheduling, or other control methodologies.
- Understanding of autopilot and attitude-control system architectures.
- Experience with MIL, SIL, or HIL testing and validation.
- Ability to analyze simulation and test data and translate results into control-system improvements.
- Understanding of sensors, actuators, avionics interfaces, and embedded flight-control systems.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and technical documentation skills.
- Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary aerospace engineering team.
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Preferred Experience
- UAV or autonomous aircraft flight-control development.
- Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC) systems.
- Flight-test data analysis and control-system validation.
- Real-time simulation and HIL environments.
- Embedded control implementation.
- C/C++ or Python for flight-control development and simulation.
- Experience with flight-control certification or compliance processes.
- Familiarity with FAA, EASA, military, or other applicable aerospace standards.
Position
Job Title: Flight Control Systems Engineer
Employment Type: Full-Time
Location: London Area, United Kingdom
Wafi Engineering is looking for an engineer who can contribute directly to the design, simulation, integration, and validation of flight control systems, from control-law development through HIL and flight-test validation.
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