Full job descriptionSenior UAS Flight Control Engineer (Permanent) - Yorkshire (Hybrid)We’re hiring a hands-on Flight Control Engineer to develop and deploy novel flight-control algorithms for a flagship UAS programme, helping ensure the aircraft is stable, controllable, testable and ready for safe, repeatable operations.
Salary: £50,000-£90,000
Location: Yorkshire (Leeds)
Type: Permanent
What you’ll do*Develop and evolve flight-control algorithms/control approaches for UAS platforms
*Take algorithms from simulation ground test flight test, owning verification/validation evidence
*Support flight dynamics modelling, control-law development, tuning and simulation work
*Configure, tune and integrate autopilot systems where appropriate
*Support Guidance, Navigation & Control (GNC) integration and sensor/actuator troubleshooting
*Contribute to SIL/HIL test strategies and tooling
*Support system identification, flight-test planning and flight-data analysis
*Work closely with avionics, aerospace design, software, operations and test teams
*Document configuration, test results, readiness status and validation outputs to a high standard
What we’re looking for (essential)*Strong background in flight control / control systems / autonomy / robotics / aerospace controls
*Experience developing and testing control algorithms on real-world hardware
*Practical UAS/UAV/aircraft/robotics/autonomous platform exposure
*Solid understanding of flight dynamics, control theory, stability and tuning
*Experience with modelling, simulation, testing and V&V
*Ability to analyse flight-test data and diagnose control/stability issues
*Comfortable with IMUs, GNSS/INS, actuators, sensor-fusion and onboard systems
*Strong documentation discipline (validation evidence matters)
Nice to have*Novel control laws for unconventional aircraft/UAS
*PX4, ArduPilot or similar autopilot ecosystems
*ROS / ROS2
*Python and/or C/C++