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Your work will span the development lifecycle, from requirements and modeling through simulation, integration testing, flight testing, and certification.\nExperienced Opportunity\nThis position requires relevant professional experience. To be considered, your resume must clearly demonstrate that you meet the minimum qualifications listed below.\nIf you are beginning your engineering career, please explore our Early-Career Engineering Opportunities\nYour Opportunity\nYou’ll join an established 11-person team, giving you experienced teammates to learn from as you get familiar with Gulfstream’s systems and development environment.\nThis role offers the opportunity to work at the intersection of software engineering, flight controls, aircraft performance, and real-world aircraft testing, solving complex problems that directly support Gulfstream aircraft.\nWhat You Will Do\nDevelop and support certification of safety-critical software for fly-by-wire flight control systems.\nDevelop software supporting aircraft performance prediction and mission planning.\nCreate and refine software requirements and apply model-based design techniques.\nPerform verification and validation through desktop simulation, software integration labs, hardware-in-the-loop testing, and flight testing.\nDevelop simulation models and automation scripts for software and hardware integration labs.\nSupport compliance with DO-178C, DO-331, and ARP4754.\nImprove automated testing frameworks and engineering analysis tools.\nCollaborate across Flight Sciences, Labs, Flight Test, and other engineering teams.\nWhat Success Looks Like\nFirst 30 Days\nBuild relationships with your team and key stakeholders.\nLearn the software systems, tools, and development environment.\nBecome familiar with current projects, processes, and priorities.\nBy 90 Days\nBegin contributing directly to software development.\nStart developing scripts and working in Simulink.\nApply your growing knowledge to meaningful project work.\nWhat You Will Bring\nBachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential functions of the job.\n5 years of experience in a specific technical discipline or 10 years of broad engineering experience across several technical disciplines with a bachelor’s degree.\nExperience with MATLAB and Simulink.\nProficiency with Python, including object-oriented programming.\nExperience with software testing and process automation.\nExperience with aerospace system test development and results analysis in a simulation or integration test environment.\nStrong understanding of flight controls, closed-loop systems, and controller performance tuning.\nUnderstanding of aircraft flight characteristics, first-principles analysis, and aircraft performance methods.\nStrong coding, technical writing, and communication skills.\nAbility to independently solve complex technical problems.\nAdvanced degrees applicable to the role may receive experience credit of up to 2 years for a master’s degree and 4 years for a PhD.\nPreferred Experience\nSystems engineering, including requirements management, verification, validation, change management, process assurance, and functional integration.\nARP4754A and DO-178.\nModel-based engineering using MathWorks Simulink or similar tools.\nAutomated CI/CD pipelines.\nUnix/Linux environments.\nAdvanced degree in an engineering-related field.\nApply Now\nIf you’re looking for an opportunity to take your software engineering skills beyond the desktop and into the development of advanced aircraft, we’d like to hear from you.\nJoin Gulfstream and help us create and deliver the world’s finest aviation experience.\nEducation and Experience Requirements\nBachelor's Degree required or equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. 5 ys in specific technical discipline or 10 yrs broad eng experience in several technical disciplines with Bachelors. Experience credit considered for related adv degrees limited to 2 yrs for Masters, 4 yrs for PhD in fields applicable to this job. Position Purpose:Assists with the planning, coordination, performance of design, analysis and liaison engineering supporting the development and production of Gulfstream products and services\nJob Description\nPrinciple Duties and Responsibilities:Essential Functions: Contributes to planning, developing and coordinating of important engineering projects .\n Provides specialized technical assistance to team members .\n Uses advanced techniques and modified extension of theories to provide technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems .\n Determines and develops own approach to solutions within schedule and cost objectives .\n Works under limited supervision; work should only be required. to be reviewed for accuracy and consistency with meeting overall objectives .\n Acts as liaison with representatives outside of the assigned group/area .\nAdditional Functions: Actively works to improve daily processes and ensures all work meets customer requirements .\n Maintains a current knowledge of developments in the field of specialty and/or other related aircraft fields in order to recommend innovations to improve quality and effectiveness of company product .\nPerform other duties as assigned.Other Requirements: Advanced degree in engineering related field preferred. \n The level of technical skill and abilities appropriate for this grade will be established by each discipline. \nThis job requires one to be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language.\nAdditional Information\nRequisition Number: 234548\nCategory: Engineering\nPercentage of Travel: Up to 25%\nShift: First\nEmployment Type: Full-time\nPosting End Date: 11/30/2026\nEqual Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans\nGulfstream does not provide work visa sponsorship for this position, unless the applicant is a currently sponsored Gulfstream employee.\nLegal Information | Site Utilities | Contacts | Sitemap\nCopyright © 2025 Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation. 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