Senior Staff Engineer, Flight Control Actuation Systems (RX) (R5999)
f7d8749a-72d6-407c-bf98-292ea630c73a · Posted Nov 9, 2026
- Dallas, Texas, United States
- Full-time · Senior
- 8–15 years
Lead technical ownership of flight control actuation system design for a Group 5 UAV fighter aircraft, driving qualified hardware from design through production support.
Compensation
Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
Responsibilities
- Define, allocate, and own the FCAS requirements and verification traceability matrix
- Design and analyze control surface actuation systems, including sizing, dynamic response, bandwidth, redundancy, and failure modes
- Drive the control law-actuator interface with Flight Controls and Vehicle Management Systems
- Drive actuator power source architecture and load analysis with EPS and hydraulic systems
- Resolve actuator heat-generation and local thermal-load interfaces with thermal management
Requirements
- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
- M.S. in Mechanical Engineering
- B.S. in Aerospace Engineering
- M.S. in Aerospace Engineering
- Nice to have: prior fighter or fighter-adjacent program experience