GNC Engineer for Autonomous Hydrogen Airship

HyLight; Paris; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Shareholder in HyLight upon hiring

Public transport reimbursement

Bike provided for commuting

Free lunch

Bi-annual offsite trips

Job summary

HyLight in Île-de-France (Paris area) seeks a GNC engineer to advance guidance, navigation and control for our autonomous HyLighter airship. You will model dynamics, develop control laws, and validate them on simulations and flight tests, ensuring reliable operations in diverse conditions.

Join a fast-moving team of engineers and contribute from day one to the hardware integration, data analysis, and documentation that backs safe, pilotless flights powering large-scale energy and transport

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or equivalent in Aerospace, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering (PhD is a plus).
• 2–5 years of professional experience in GNC within the drone, aerospace, or automotive industries.
• Heritage: you have been part of a GNC or Flight Dynamics team that successfully brought a drone or aerospace product to market.

Responsibilities

• Modeling & Control: Understand and model airship dynamics to design and implement control and guidance laws for mission execution.
• Robustness & Safety: Develop flight strategies for difficult conditions and design risk mitigation strategies for degraded modes.
• Hardware Integration: Debug embedded systems and implement flight computers, actuators, and various types of sensors.
• Testing & Documentation: Define and participate in flight tests and simulations, ensuring thorough documentation of implemented models and control laws.
• Future Innovation: Improve the performance of existing airships while actively participating in the design of future flight solutions.

Skills

Systems mastery

Python & C/C++

Embedded systems

Data analysis

Flight dynamics

Education

Master’s degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering

PhD is a plus

Tools

Simulink

MATLAB

PX4

MAVLINK

QGroundControl

Job description

HyLight in Île-de-France (Paris area) seeks a GNC engineer to advance guidance, navigation and control for our autonomous HyLighter airship. You will model dynamics, develop control laws, and validate them on simulations and flight tests, ensuring reliable operations in diverse conditions.

Join a fast-moving team of engineers and contribute from day one to the hardware integration, data analysis, and documentation that backs safe, pilotless flights powering large-scale energy and transport