Lead GNC Engineer – Autonomous Drones

Strativ Group; Paris; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Real ownership of a core system

Collaborative, hands-on team

Competitive salary

Job summary

Strativ Group seeks a dedicated GNC lead to own flight control for unmanned vehicles in a fast-growing aerospace startup near Paris. You will model dynamics, design robust controllers and validate state estimation while coordinating flight-test campaigns to refine systems.

The role emphasizes integrating GNC with embedded software, ensuring safety cases and regulator-facing documentation, with fast decision-making in a hands-on team.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional GNC experience in drones, aerospace or automotive.
• Experience on a team that took a drone or aerospace product through to market.
• Strong grounding in control theory and estimation (EKF, PID, LQR/MPC).
• Proficiency in MATLAB/Simulink and Python, plus C/C++ for embedded implementation.
• Familiarity with fault-tolerant design and safety or regulatory assurance.

Responsibilities

• Lead guidance, navigation and control for unmanned vehicles.
• Model vehicle dynamics and build simulation environments.
• Design, tune and validate controllers and guidance laws for robustness.
• Develop state estimation and sensor fusion, including degraded sensors.
• Plan and run flight-test campaigns and refine models from data.
• Implement GNC software and integrate with embedded systems.

Skills

GNC

Control theory

State estimation

Robustness to disturbances

Python

C/C++

Tools

MATLAB/Simulink

Python

C/C++

Job description

Strativ Group seeks a dedicated GNC lead to own flight control for unmanned vehicles in a fast-growing aerospace startup near Paris. You will model dynamics, design robust controllers and validate state estimation while coordinating flight-test campaigns to refine systems.

The role emphasizes integrating GNC with embedded software, ensuring safety cases and regulator-facing documentation, with fast decision-making in a hands-on team.