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Senior Flight Controls Engineer

AMERICAN SYSTEMS

Patuxent River, Maryland

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JOB DETAILS
LOCATION
Patuxent River, Maryland
POSTED
30+ days ago
Overview: AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned federal government contractor supporting national priority programs through our strategic solutions in the areas of Information Technology, Test & Evaluation, Program Mission Support, Engineering & Analysis, and Training. Responsibilities: As a Senior Flight Controls Engineer with AMERICAN SYSTEMS, you will have an opportunity to do the following:
  • Provide innovative, technical solutions to solve complex problems on advance aircraft
  • Provide technical and programmatic support and oversight on Navy aircraft platforms including F-35, E-2, and F-18.
  • Perform control law design and analysis
  • Analyze redundancy management of safety critical control systems
  • Support Built-In-Test (BIT) design
  • Perform Flight Control System integration testing (including simulation, hardware-in-the-loop, and on-aircraft)
  • Analyze flight control systems including flight control computers, software, hydraulic and electromechanical actuators, and mechanical flight control linkages
  • Support the flight control system software support activity
Qualifications:
  • The ability to obtain a Secret clearance (Requires US Citizenship)
  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Math, Physics, or other technical discipline
  • 5-10 years of relevant experience in at least one of the following
    • Flight Control Law design and analysis
    • Flight Control system simulation and hardware in the loop
    • Flight Control system testing (ground, flight, and lab environment)
    • Flight Control Software development, integration, analysis, and test
    EEO Statement: EEO Race/Sex/Disability Status/Veteran Status

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AMERICAN SYSTEMS

Founded in 1975, AMERICAN SYSTEMS is one of the largest employee-owned companies in the United States, with approximately 1,400 employees nationwide. Based in the Washington, DC, suburb of Chantilly, VA, the company provides systems engineering, technical and managed services to government and private sector customers. AMERICAN SYSTEMS was named “Contractor of the Year” at the Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards in October, 2007.

COMPANY SIZE
1,000 to 1,499 employees
INDUSTRY
Internet Services
FOUNDED
1975