✦ Luna Orbit — Engineering (Non-Software)

Flight Control Systems Engineer (Part Time)

at Textron

📍 US-Texas-Fort Worth Unknown Posted March 21, 2026
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Position Details

Type Part-Time
Experience mid
Exp. Years 2+ years
Education Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Computer Science
Category Engineering (Non-Software)

About this role

This role involves designing and testing flight control systems for advanced aircraft, focusing on embedded systems, safety standards, and system integration in aerospace environments.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design and test flight control systems
  • Develop system architecture
  • Ensure compliance with certification standards
  • Perform verification and validation
  • Integrate hardware and software components

Technical Overview

The technical scope includes embedded system development, avionics, MATLAB/Simulink modeling, and compliance with aerospace certification standards like RTCA and MIL-STD.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a mid-level aerospace engineer with experience in embedded systems, aircraft systems, and certification standards. They should have strong problem-solving skills and a background in system safety and verification.

Must-Have Skills

Embedded system developmentSystem architecture designRequirements derivationExperience with RTCA DO-160MIL-STD-810RTCA DO-178RTCA DO-254Model Based Design with MATLAB/Simulink

Nice-to-Have Skills

Aircraft autonomyFlight management systemsFault managementSystem safety assessmentsFailure hazard analysisCertification/test planning

Tools & Platforms

MATLABSimulinkStateflowEmbedded Coder

Required Skills

embedded system developmentsystem architecture designrequirements derivationfault managementflight managementaircraft autonomysystem integrationverification and validationRTCA DO-178MATLABSimulink

Hard Skills

Embedded system developmentSystem architecture designRequirements derivationSystem redundancy managementFault managementFlight managementAircraft autonomyActuation systemsSystem integrationVerification and validationRTCA DO-160MIL-STD-810RTCA DO-178RTCA DO-254SAE ARP4754ASAE ARP476114 CFR Part 2714 CFR Part 29Model Based DesignMATLABSimulinkStateflowEmbedded CoderHardware and software for Flight Control SystemsAvionicsElectrical SystemsEngine controllersFADECsInertial sensorsAir data computersAnalog sensors

Soft Skills

Innovative thinkingProblem-solvingTeamworkCommunicationInquisitiveness

Industry & Role

Industry Aerospace
Job Function Aerospace flight control systems engineering
Role Subtype Aerospace Systems Engineer
Tech Domains Active Directory, Microsoft 365, Azure, Kubernetes, Linux

Keywords for Your Resume

embedded system developmentsystem architecture designrequirements derivationsystem redundancy managementfault managementflight managementaircraft autonomyactuation systemssystem integrationverification and validationRTCA DO-160MIL-STD-810RTCA DO-178RTCA DO-254SAE ARP4754ASAE ARP476114 CFR Part 2714 CFR Part 29Model Based DesignMATLABSimulinkStateflowEmbedded CoderFlight Control SystemsAvionicsElectrical SystemFADECsInertial sensorsAir data computerssystem architecture

Deal Breakers

Lack of experience with RTCA standards, No aerospace engineering background, No experience in embedded systems

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