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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

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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

Skills

flight control actuation system design actuator dynamics analysis control law integration

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