Senior GNC Engineer for Autonomous Airships

present of AI; Paris; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

HyLight in Paris designs autonomous hydrogen-powered airships. The Senior GNC role focuses on modeling flight dynamics, developing control laws, and validating them in code for safe, regulatory-compliant flight testing.

You will work with embedded hardware, flight computers and real-world sensors to ensure robust autonomy. The candidate should bring 6+ years in GNC with drones/aerospace, strong Simulink, Python and C/C++ skills, and hands-on field debugging experience on an engineering team

Qualifications

• At least six years in guidance, navigation and control for drones, aerospace or automotive projects.
• Hands-on with Simulink, Python and C/C++, plus embedded hardware experience.
• Ability to debug sensors/actuators in the field and validate safety for regulators.

Skills

GNC experience

Python

C/C++

Simulink

Embedded systems

Flight testing

Sensor/actuator debugging

Tools

Simulink

Embedded hardware

Flight test equipment

Job description

HyLight in Paris designs autonomous hydrogen-powered airships. The Senior GNC role focuses on modeling flight dynamics, developing control laws, and validating them in code for safe, regulatory-compliant flight testing.

You will work with embedded hardware, flight computers and real-world sensors to ensure robust autonomy. The candidate should bring 6+ years in GNC with drones/aerospace, strong Simulink, Python and C/C++ skills, and hands-on field debugging experience on an engineering team