Skip to main content

This job has expired

Research Associate Development and Flight Test of Aircraft Flutter Control Schemes

Employer
Global Academy Jobs
Location
United Kingdom
Closing date
Dec 12, 2016

Job Details

Research Associate position available at the Aerospace Engineering Department of the University of Bristol (U.K.) to work on development & flight test of aircraft control schemes.

Will be working within the Technology for AeroSpace Control (TASC) group, http://www.tasc-group.com. They require an aerospace degree and a PhD in automatic control, signal processing or other relevant field of work, with knowledge of robust control techniques (H-infinity, LPV). A practical orientation is also preferred.

This position is part of the European Horizon 2020 Mobility for Growth project entitled “Validation of Integrated Safety-enhanced Intelligent flight control (VISION)”, http://w3.onera.fr/h2020_vision. This project is part of a call for international cooperation in aeronautics with Japan, and has the objective to demonstrate smart technologies for aircraft Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC). The work at TASC focuses on the development, design and flight test of a system-wide aircraft Fault Monitoring and Tolerant Control (FMTC) approach based on robust control and using standard sensing units and potentially, also vision-based systems. The designed schemes will be flight tested in JAXA’s MuPAL-alpha aircraft in Tokyo (Japan). The project will be carried out at the University of Bristol but will entail yearly visits to JAXA in Tokyo during the application and validation phases.

The position is offered on an open ended contract with funding up to June 2018.

Salary per annum £32,004 - £36,001 per annum. The start date will be as soon as possible.

Interviews are expected to be carried out mid December. Closing dates for applications is midnight on Monday 12 December 2016.

Enquiries can be made to Dr. Andrés Marcos: andres.marcos@bristol.ac.uk. Please add to the email subject: 2016 FLEXOP/VISION PD positions.

 

Company

Global Academy Jobs works with over 250 universities worldwide to promote academic mobility and international research collaboration. Global problems need international solutions. Our jobs board and emails reach the academics and researchers who can help.

"The globalisation of higher education continues apace, driving in turn the ongoing development of the global knowledge economy, striving for solutions to the world’s problems and educating a next generation of leaders and contributors."

Company info
Website

Get job alerts

Create a job alert and receive personalized job recommendations straight to your inbox.

Create alert