Stability & Control/Flight Dynamics Engineer II

Stability & Control/Flight Dynamics Engineer II in  GAC Savannah

Unique Skills:

Gulfstream is seeking an experienced Flight Dynamics/Stability & Control Engineer to join our Flight Sciences team and help lead the charge in creating and delivering the world’s finest aviation experience. In this role you’ll get to work closely with a multi-disciplinary team of test pilots, engineers, and other specialists—including some of the industry’s leading experts— to help develop the next generation of Gulfstream products.

Candidates with additional applicable experience may be eligible for a higher-level position

What you will be doing:

• Develop requirements to ensure that the airplane is maneuverable, has good handling qualities, and is controllable both for normal operations and in the presence of failures. 
• Plan for, participate in, and reduce data from wind tunnel test campaigns
• Create and document high fidelity aerodynamic simulation models
• Apply Handling Qualities criteria to control system design
• Support design and analysis for augmented airplane Control Law development
• Conduct a wide variety of static and time history based analyses to ensure that design requirements are being met.
• Conduct, analyze, and document the results of laboratory simulation evaluations
• Perform in-depth analysis of flight test data and compare with predictions, including data expansion across the entire flight envelope. Generate test reports to document findings and recommendations

• Collaborate with the Flight Test organization to plan and execute flight test events to collect data to validate aerodynamic models as well as vehicle performance and requirements

• Conduct Functional Hazard Assessment analysis and testing
• Execute System Design Assurance activities and internal system development according to the established system processes and tools for compliance with ARP4754A and support Certification activities

The Preferred candidate will have:

• An understanding of aircraft stability and control derivatives
• Handling Qualities Ratings (HQR) and Pilot Induced‑Induced Oscillation (PIO) assessments

• Fly-by-wire control law development
• Experience with 14 CFR Part 23, Part 25 or EASA CS 25 certification
• Flight test experience
• Experience with one or more of the following skills: Time based simulation, frequency domain analysis, signal filtering, system identification, control system analysis.