GNC Engineer - Flight Software Development (C++) (m/f/d)

Meyandy LLC; Deutschland; Vor Ort; EUR 90.000 - 120.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Employee Participation Program

30 days of vacation

Company pension plan

Subsidised lunch

Public transport ticket

Zusammenfassung

isaraerospace in Ottobrunn is seeking a GNC Engineer to define guidance, navigation and control algorithms for a launch vehicle. You will work across flight dynamics, mission analysis and flight software, turning engineering insight into robust C++ and Python implementations.

You will develop, verify and integrate GNC solutions, build high-fidelity simulations, model vehicle dynamics and support anomaly investigation using MATLAB, Linux and version control.

Qualifikationen

• Background in GNC, flight dynamics, astrodynamics or aerospace engineering.
• Strong understanding of dynamic systems and vehicle behaviour.
• Experience developing software in C++, Python or similar languages.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to translate complex engineering concepts into practical, testable implementations.
• Ability to work across disciplinary boundaries with systems and flight software engineers.

Aufgaben

• Develop, improve and verify GNC algorithms for launch vehicle applications.
• Contribute to guidance strategy, navigation solutions and vehicle control techniques.
• Support trajectory design, mission analysis and flight performance assessment.
• Develop and maintain high-fidelity simulation environments for design, development and verification.
• Model vehicle dynamics, environmental effects, sensors, actuators and subsystem interactions.
• Implement and integrate GNC algorithms within production flight software.
• Create analysis, testing and automation tools using C++, Python and MATLAB.
• Investigate anomalies and unexpected behaviour in simulation, testing and flight operations, driving issues to root cause.

Kenntnisse

GNC

Flight dynamics

Aerospace engineering

Robotics

C++

Python

Tools

Linux development

MATLAB/Simulink

Version control

Jobbeschreibung

Mission Brief

Join our Flight Software team and help define how a launch vehicle behaves throughout all phases of flight. This role sits at the intersection of Guidance, Navigation & Control, flight dynamics, mission analysis, simulation and flight software, turning engineering insight into robust C++ and Python implementations that can be tested, verified and flown.

Your Role in Our Space Mission

• Develop, improve and verify GNC algorithms for launch vehicle applications.
• Contribute to guidance strategy, navigation solutions and vehicle control techniques.
• Support trajectory design, mission analysis and flight performance assessment.
• Develop and maintain high-fidelity simulation environments for design, development and verification.
• Model vehicle dynamics, environmental effects, sensors, actuators and subsystem interactions.
• Implement and integrate GNC algorithms within production flight software.
• Create analysis, testing and automation tools using C++, Python and MATLAB.
• Investigate anomalies and unexpected behaviour in simulation, testing and flight operations, driving issues to root cause.

Qualification Checklist

• Background in GNC, flight dynamics, astrodynamics, aerospace engineering, robotics or a related discipline.
• Strong understanding of dynamic systems and vehicle behaviour.
• Experience developing software in C++, Python or similar languages.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to translate complex engineering concepts into practical, testable implementations.
• Ability to work effectively across disciplinary boundaries with systems, avionics and flight software engineers.
• Engineering curiosity combined with technical rigour and attention to detail.
• Comfort moving between equations, simulation results, flight data, software and system-level behaviour.

Bonus Skills

• Launch vehicle, spacecraft, aircraft or autonomous vehicle experience; guidance, navigation, estimation or control algorithm development; validation using test or flight data.
• Experience with Linux development, version control, MATLAB/Simulink and practical software development.

Benefits

• Employee Participation Program: Share in our success through our virtual company share program
• 30 days of vacation: Enjoy the days off to relax and recharge
• Company pension plan: Secure your future with our company pension plan, featuring a 20% employer contribution after the probation period
• Subsidised lunch: Stay energised with delicious, subsidised lunches every day
• Public transport ticket: Commute with ease using a f… GNC Engineer - Flight Software Development (C++) (m/f/d) — isaraerospace, Ottobrunn.