Senior GNC Engineer 2

Vor 3 Tagen

Munich, Bayern, Deutschland Darwin Recruitment Vollzeit

Darwin Recruitment are currently hiring for a Senior GNC Engineer on behalf of a company in Germany that was founded in 2021, has 13 employees and are a stealth-mode aerospace startup based in Munich, developing reusable hypersonic flight systems to strengthen European space resilience and sovereignty. Backed by top-tier investors including General Catalyst, 201 Ventures, and ESA BIC Bavaria, they are building breakthrough vehicles at the intersection of defence, orbital logistics, and high-speed atmospheric flight. Now, as they scale their technical team, this company is hiring a Senior GNC Engineer to lead the design and implementation of advanced guidance, navigation, and control systems for hypersonic aircraft, enabling safe, reliable, and precise flight at Mach 5+. This is your chance to work on one of Europe's most ambitious aerospace programs before it goes public.

Your Role

* Own the design, simulation, and implementation of GNC algorithms for reusable hypersonic vehicles

* Develop 6-DOF dynamic models, flight control laws, state estimation, and trajectory planning systems

* Work cross-functionally with avionics, CFD, and propulsion engineers to tightly integrate guidance and control logic into the full vehicle system

* Lead control system verification and validation, including hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) and flight testing

* Architect robust navigation and sensor fusion strategies (e.g., GNSS/INS integration) for flight in GPS-degraded or denied environments

* Contribute to GNC software architecture and toolchain development for scalable deployment

* Participate in high-level system design reviews with internal and external stakeholders

* Define flight test procedures and analyze post-flight data for iterative GNC tuning and refinement

You'll Need

* Master's or PhD in Aerospace Engineering, Robotics, Control Systems, or a related discipline

* 4+ years of experience developing GNC systems for high-speed flight platforms, spacecraft, or missiles

* Expertise in flight dynamics, control theory (LQR, MPC, PID, adaptive), and state estimation (Kalman, EKF, UKF)

* Proficiency with simulation tools (MATLAB/Simulink, Python, C++) and 6-DOF modeling

* Experience with real-time embedded systems and safety-critical software development

* Strong understanding of aerodynamic modeling, actuator dynamics, and sensor integration

* Familiarity with MIL, SIL, HIL, and flight test instrumentation

* EU citizenship or security-clearable status (due to dual-use technology and defense applications)

Darwin Recruitment is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

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