GNC Engineer — Exo-Atmospheric Interceptor Flight Dynamics

Destinus; Zürich; Vor Ort; CHF 180.000 - 240.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Destinus is seeking a seasoned GNC lead to own flight simulation, navigation, guidance, and control algorithms for an exo-atmospheric interceptor. You will translate performance results into vehicle requirements and support engineering decisions in a fast-paced defense aerospace environment.

Responsibilities include developing a six-DOF reference model, managing the error budget, and tuning control across flight phases.

Qualifikationen

• 10+ years of GNC experience on missiles, interceptors, spacecraft, launch vehicles, or comparable high-performance systems.
• Strong expertise in at least two areas across guidance, navigation and estimation, and control, with solid understanding of the complete GNC loop.
• Experience developing and implementing flight-proven systems for hypersonic and/or space applications, including qualified hardware and software.
• Demonstrated ability to validate models and algorithms through hardware-in-the-loop testing or flight testing.

Aufgaben

• Build and own the six-degree-of-freedom flight simulation used as the reference model for vehicle performance and analysis.
• Develop navigation and estimation throughout the flight, manage the error budget through handover, and develop terminal guidance for the final engagement.
• Own the terminal miss budget, quantifying how sensing noise, timing, disturbances, and other uncertainties affect end‑to‑end accuracy.
• Design and tune control algorithms across the phases of flight, assessing stability and robustness throughout the operating envelope.
• Run analysis and simulation campaigns across nominal and stressing conditions, translating findings into vehicle and subsystem requirements.
• Work closely with the wider engineering team to integrate GNC performance into the overall interceptor design.

Kenntnisse

GNC expertise

System-level thinking

Mathematical modeling

Ownership mindset

Ausbildung

PhD in Aerospace Engineering

MSc in Control Engineering

BSc in Applied Mathematics

Tools

MATLAB

Simulink

Python

HIL testing

Jobbeschreibung

Destinus is seeking a seasoned GNC lead to own flight simulation, navigation, guidance, and control algorithms for an exo-atmospheric interceptor. You will translate performance results into vehicle requirements and support engineering decisions in a fast-paced defense aerospace environment.

Responsibilities include developing a six-DOF reference model, managing the error budget, and tuning control across flight phases.