Aerospace Engineer, Sr
AMERICAN SYSTEMS · americansystems.com
Patuxent RiverOn-siteSenior7+ yrs
The job in short
Senior aerospace flight control and flight dynamics engineer.
Details
- Found
- 23 d ago · posted 2026-07-07
- Location as listed
- Patuxent River, MD, US
- Role
- Engineer (other)
- Source
- The company’s own careers site
Full description
Overview
AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned federal government contractor supporting national priority programs through our strategic solutions in the areas of Information Technology, Engineering & Analysis, Test & Evaluation, 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)
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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
EEO Race/Sex/Disability Status/Veteran Status
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