GNC Engineer - Hypersonic Flight Simulation and Control

Destinus; Madrid; Presencial; EUR 90.000 - 140.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Destinus is seeking a senior GNC engineer to own flight simulation, navigation, guidance, and control algorithms for an exo-atmospheric interceptor. You will translate performance results into vehicle requirements and drive engineering decisions with a hands‑on approach.

You will lead the development of six‑DoF simulations, manage error budgets, and design robust control across flight phases, collaborating with a small, fast-paced team focused on cutting‑edge defense aerospace innovations.

Formación

• More than 10 years of GNC experience on missiles, interceptors, spacecraft, launch vehicles, or similar high‑performance systems.
• Expertise in at least two areas among guidance, navigation and estimation, and control; full GNC loop understanding.
• Experience developing flight‑proven GNC systems for hypersonic/space applications, with qualified hardware and software.
• Strong MATLAB, Simulink and/or Python skills.
• Nice to have hardware‑in‑the‑loop and/or flight testing experience.

Responsabilidades

• 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

Conocimientos

GNC expertise

System thinking

Educación

BSc/MSc/PhD in Aerospace Engineering, Control Engineering, Applied Mathematics

Herramientas

MATLAB

Simulink

Python

Descripción del empleo

Destinus is seeking a senior GNC engineer to own flight simulation, navigation, guidance, and control algorithms for an exo-atmospheric interceptor. You will translate performance results into vehicle requirements and drive engineering decisions with a hands‑on approach.

You will lead the development of six‑DoF simulations, manage error budgets, and design robust control across flight phases, collaborating with a small, fast-paced team focused on cutting‑edge defense aerospace innovations.