Aerospace and marine control systems, simulation and engineering services
Stirling Dynamics is a Bristol engineering house building flight control laws, submarine autopilots and simulator control hardware. Its stack pairs MATLAB/Simulink and ANSYS Fluent/Nastran analysis with safety-critical embedded tooling (DO-178C, MISRA C/C++, LDRA, QNX, FPGA/VHDL) and requirements traceability via IBM DOORS, Jama Connect and Polarion. That points to certified avionics-grade development, and the senior-weighted, engineering-heavy hiring backs it up.
Notable leadership hires: Project Lead
Stirling Dynamics is a privately held advanced engineering company headquartered in Bristol, England, founded in 1987 and part of the Expleo Group since 2018. It delivers engineering products and technical services across aircraft and marine platforms for civil and military programmes. Core areas include control systems, active control technology, modelling and simulation, motion cueing, simulator training products and submarine autopilot and hover systems. The company holds AS9100 approval and EASA 21J design organisation approval, and it employs 51–200 people. Most of its business is exported, with client support across North America, Western Europe and Asia Pacific.
Its stack includes MATLAB, Simulink, ANSYS Fluent, Nastran, SolidWorks and LabVIEW, plus C++, C#, QNX, FPGA/VHDL and DO-178C tooling such as LDRA and MISRA C/C++.
Yes. Engineering dominates its current hiring, which leans toward senior, lead and principal roles, with smaller openings in ops, procurement, HR and sales. Hiring is based in the United Kingdom.
Current projects include electric controller products for training and simulation, flight control laws, submarine autopilots, aerodynamic and hydraulic flow analysis, and a supplier assessment and audit program.
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