Flight Control Laws Engineer (all gender)

At Ascendance we are building tomorrow’s hybrid-electric aviation with ATEA, a unique Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) aircraft powered by STERNA, our in-house hybrid-electric propulsion system. We focus our efforts in designing an innovative, safe, silent, clean and affordable aircraft that will be able to blend into existing infrastructures and regulations to ease its deployment and maximise social acceptance.

If you are looking for a place where you will have a direct impact on very ambitious products, where you will work close to the hardware and where you can witness the result of your hard work quickly, board ATEA and come fly with us toward the future of aviation!

Your role : 🔎

You will be responsible for designing the flight control laws, at the heart of the intelligence of ATEA. Directly reporting to the Flight Physics Team leader, you will therefore ensure the flight control algorithms are compliant with certification, operational and performance requirements. 

Your main responsibilities will be : 

• Mastering the current flight control laws (FCL) architecture and proposing rationalized improvements
• Consolidate FCL specifications
• Design and develop FCL taking into account safety, performance, and corner case assessments
• Specify implementation constraints interfacing with the Avionics team to ensure FCL are adapted to the onboard calculator
• Develop human pilot behavioural models
• Define associated Verification and Validation means, from digital models to experimental test benches
• Verify and validate FCL up to flight testing campaign

Where do we stand?
You will be entering the team during a crucial part of our development. Full scale testbenches are ongoing while full scale aircraft development is running at full speed with many issues to tackle regarding communications networks and associated developments. You will be working in an interdisciplinary team to find global compromise while being given a high level view of the aircraft and propulsion system’s requirements. 

The job has been made for you if you : 🛠

• Have strong experience (10+ years) in automation & control, flight controls, control allocation and fly-by-wire systems
• Have deep understanding of aircraft flight dynamics
• Gave general knowledge of overall aircraft design and design convergence
• Flight testing experience is a plus
• An experience of CS-23 and CS-27 certification requirements is a plus

We are meant to work together if you : 💚

• Are sensitive to the climate change impacts
• Have ability to work autonomously with a drive for initiative related to the start-up environment and work in a small team
• Be solution and delivery-oriented 
• You are a real team player who wants to build a big success story with us
• You are passionate about new tech

What we offer : 

• An international and dynamic team
• A remote policy to allow you flexibility
• Health insurance
• A workplace providing equal opportunities for disability, gender equity… Everyone is welcome at Ascendance!

Recruitment process :🕐 

• Application evaluations (CVs….)
• Talent Interview
• Technical Interview
• Meet others Ascenders 
• Reference check

LET'S JOIN US!
Non-discrimination and diversity are our priorities. AFT is open to hire personalities with their own differences