Job Description

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 Aerospace Engineer with AMERICAN SYSTEMS you will have the opportunity to do the following:

• Be the engineering lead in support of flight control system development; aircraft modeling and simulation; analysis of aircraft flight dynamics; and ground and flight test support.
• Design, development, integration, and test of aircraft flight control systems and autopilots
• Develop, integrate, and validate models of aircraft flight dynamics and subsystems such as payloads, engines, transmissions, flight control components, and sensors
• Support lab, ground, and flight qualification testing of aircraft avionics, sensors, and flight control systems
• Mentor more junior engineers

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Qualifications

• Active or the ability to obtain a SECRET security clearance after hiring (requires US Citizenship)

• U.S. Citizenship Required for the purposes of obtaining/holding a U.S. security clearance

• Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering
• At least 7 years of experience to include development and/or refinement of flight dynamics models; work with flight test data to include flight test support and flight data analysis, and/or familiarity with aircraft performance, aerodynamic design, non-linear system identification, and flight control system design and analysis.
• Excellent documentation and report writing skills are essential for this position.
• Knowledge of sound engineering practices that may include such areas as requirement tracking, configuration control, technical communication, and/or the peer review process.

EEO Statement

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