Job Description:

I am recruiting a Senior Control Systems Engineer. This is a technically demanding role sitting within a multi-disciplinary engineering team, with responsibility for end-to-end design, development, integration and validation of control systems in a research and development environment.

4 day week, Monday to Thursday (4xFlex), 37.5 hours.

You will have DV clearance or be clearable

The role

You will work to the Programme Chief Engineer and take ownership of control systems engineering activity across the full lifecycle, including:

• Defining system and subsystem architectures for closed-loop control applications covering power, sensing, actuation and software
• Developing and implementing control strategies, modelling system behaviour and managing coordinate systems and reference frames
• Assessing system stability, robustness and performance using analytical and simulation-based approaches
• Establishing functional and technical specifications and standards
• Solving hardware/software interface problems and defining input/output parameters
• Developing and directing test plans, procedures and schedules, analysing results and producing evaluation reports
• Writing discrepancy reports and conducting integration regression testing

What you need

Strong relevant experience in control systems engineering within an aerospace or defence environment. You will be comfortable working at senior level across the full engineering lifecycle, communicating with stakeholders at all levels, and operating within a classified setting.