Principal Flight Control Laws Engineer

Vertical Aerospace
📍 bristol, england, United-Kingdom 💼 Full-time 🕒 Posted June 08, 2026

Job Description

Our Mission

At Vertical Aerospace, we are pioneering the way for electric aviation. The VX4, our eVTOL (electric, vertical, take‑off and landing), ‘zero emissions’ aircraft will set a new safety standard for how we will navigate the sky.

We won’t realise our mission following the same legacy processes and traditions our predecessors followed, instead, we want to ‘redefine’ aerospace best practices.

We are growing quickly from a prototype business to a scaling SME, and the next few years will be critical to our success and delivering on our ambitious goals of having the VX4 in service by 2030.

What To Expect

We’re seeking a Principal Flight Control Laws Engineer to join our Flight Control team and take ownership of the design, development and validation of high-performance, certifiable control laws for the VX4 aircraft.

You will steer the non-linear dynamic inversion control law work-stream, ensuring seamless transition across al...

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Job Details

  • Location bristol, england
  • Job Type Full-time
  • Category Engineering
  • Posted Date June 08, 2026
  • Application Deadline July 18, 2026