Senior Flight Controls Engineer

AMERICAN SYSTEMS

United States, Maryland, Patuxent River

Sep 12, 2025

Senior Flight Controls Engineer

Location

US-MD-Patuxent River

ID

2025-1991

Category

Engineering

Position Type

Full-Time

Remote

Clearance Required

Secret

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