Skyfly Technologies Ltd
Lead Flight Control Engineer
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Flight Control Engineer
We are seeking a Flight Control Engineer to take ownership of control logic and flight control law development across the Axe eVTOL platform.
This role sits at the heart of aircraft performance and safety. You will be responsible for the development, validation, and refinement of stabilisation and transition control strategies for a piloted, manned aircraft operating in hover and forward flight.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and refine flight control laws for hover, transition, and forward flight regimes
- Lead stabilisation and control logic development for a piloted eVTOL aircraft
- Support transition control theory development between vertical and wing-borne flight
- Integrate and adapt control strategies within the Embention Veronte ecosystem
- Use modelling and simulation tools (e.g., MATLAB / Simulink) to design, validate, and tune controllers
- Conduct SIL, PIL, and HIL validation activities prior to flight test
- Support hover and transition flight testing, including test preparation and post-flight analysis
- Collaborate with systems engineering to ensure requirements traceability and verification
- Work closely with propulsion, structures, and avionics teams to manage dynamic interactions
- Contribute to certification-aligned development processes (FAA-focused, early stage)
- Support configuration control, documentation, and change management using modern collaboration tools (e.g., JIRA / Atlassian)
- Provide technical input into the redesign and evolution of the Series 2 flight control architecture
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About You
You will be a confident flight control engineer who is comfortable taking ownership of a safety-critical domain within a small, focused team.
Essential:
- Experience developing flight control laws for eVTOL, UAV, rotorcraft, or manned aircraft
- Strong grounding in control theory (stability, transition dynamics, multirotor or hybrid configurations)
- Experience working with embedded flight control systems
- Proficiency in MATLAB / Simulink and model-based control development
- Experience integrating with third-party autopilot systems (e.g., Embention, PX4, Ardupilot, or similar)
- Formal aerospace software development exposure, ideally within DO-178 environments
- Understanding of aerospace standards such as DO-178, DO-160, and DO-254
- Experience within a structured aerospace development or certification framework
- Ability to work independently and make sound engineering decisions
- Strong cross-functional collaboration skills
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Desirable:
- Experience on manned aircraft programs (fixed-wing, helicopter, or piloted eVTOL)
- Experience supporting FAA certification activities
- Experience preparing aircraft for first flight or hover/transition testing
- Knowledge of US aerospace regulatory frameworks
- Willingness to travel to US test locations (e.g., Florida or other FAA-aligned sites)
What Skyfly Offers
- The opportunity to own and shape flight controls on a piloted electric aircraft at a pivotal stage
- Direct involvement in Series 2 maiden flight preparation
- Exposure to hover, transition, and certification-aligned development
- A visible, high-impact role within a focused aerospace start-up
- Competitive salary and benefits, commensurate with experience
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