Senior Automated Flight Control Systems Engineer

5 days ago


Greensboro, United States American Honda Motor Co Inc Full time

Job Summary:

The American Honda Motor Co Inc is seeking a highly skilled Senior Automated Flight Control Systems Engineer to support the development, integration, verification, and certification of electronic Control Systems, including Automatic Flight Control System (AFCS), Auto-Throttle (AT), Emergency Auto-Land (EAL), etc.

Key Responsibilities:

  1. Design, development, and certification of Control Systems, including AFCS, and more specifically: architecture development, system requirements development, system integration, system safety, system qualification, system integration testing (hardware-in–the-loop), and system issues resolution.
  2. Analytical design and development of closed-loop Control Systems, including control topology/architecture and control law structure development, control system gain design and analysis, linear and nonlinear simulation infrastructure development to support control system design.
  3. Defines Control Systems integration, verification, and validation (V&V) testing requirements, test procedures, and supports laboratory, ground test, and flight test activity as required.
  4. Execution of Automatic Flight Control System integration, Safety-Of-Flight, and certification testing.
  5. Defines and reviews control systems requirements, ICDs, electrical drawings, test plans, system safety documentation, and system performance analysis.
  6. Resolves problems from the development, certification, production, and field support activities.
  7. Review System Safety documents, including Functional Hazard Assessments (FHA), System Safety Assessment (SSA), and Fault Tree Analysis (FTA).
  8. Interface with Avionics Supplier System Engineers, DERs, and Flight Test to support integration activities.
  9. Assist Customer Support and Production as needed.

Requirements:

  1. Bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Electrical, Mechanical Engineering, or other related field required.
  2. At least 7 years of direct experience as a control systems engineer in actual aircraft development programs (Part 23 or 25) is beneficial, preferably in the area of flight critical systems, including requirements development, design, analysis, integration, testing, and system troubleshooting and control problem-solving experience. AFCS or electronic flight controls experience is desirable.

Preferred Skills:

  1. Strong oral and written communication skills.
  2. Excellent interpersonal teamwork skills.
  3. Strong analytical skills.
  4. Accountability to resolve issues and meet agreed milestones with minimal supervision.
  5. System troubleshooting and debugging skills, both in the lab and in the actual aircraft.
  6. Working knowledge of control systems, including high integrity and fail-operational system architectures and data bus protocols.
  7. Fluency in systems requirements development and management.
  8. Working knowledge of modern control design methods (such as LQR) and aircraft stability and control analysis.
  9. Fluency in Mathworks MATLAB/Simulink.
  10. Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suites (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.).
  11. Working knowledge of FAA & EASA certification requirements, including airworthiness and operational requirements preferred.
  12. Experience with Engineering process tools for Requirement Management, Defect Tracking, Configuration Control, Version Control (DOORS, JIRA, Bitbucket, SourceTree) and PLM tool (TeamCenter, etc.) is desired.

Physical Requirements:

  1. Incumbents may be routinely exposed to equipment operational noise, heat, cold, dust, and/or aircraft equipment, parts, or fuel odors.
  2. Incumbents may be required to stand, sit, squat, walk, bend, move, reach, or stretch for prolonged time periods with no restrictions, as required by job duties.
  3. Work in a safe and professional manner while adhering to all regulatory requirements (FAA, OSHA, DOT, EPA, State, and Federal regulations, etc.).
  4. Read, hear, speak, and see with no restrictions, as required by job duties.
  5. Comprehend and adhere to management directions and/or safety instructions with no restrictions.
  6. Effectively communicate in Business English language.
  7. Pull, push, carry, lift, or move items up to 10 lbs. throughout the work shift without assistance, as required by job duties.
  8. Pull, push, carry, lift, or move materials/people/items/equipment weighing up to 50lbs or more during the work shift, with the use of Company provided 'reach assistance technology' or 'movement assist technology' (fork-lifts, pallet jacks, pulleys, dolly's, robotics reach equipment, people movers, etc.), as required by job duties.


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