Space Propulsion Control Systems Engineer

The Exploration Company; Bordeaux; Sur place; EUR 55 000 - 85 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

The Exploration Company is developing the control software for Nyx, a modular space orbital vehicle. We are seeking a Control System and Model‑Based Design Engineer to advance the engine control application from simulation to MIL/SIL/HIL validation and real data analysis.

You will design and implement closed‑loop control functions, develop Simulink models, and work with propulsion, software, electronics, and test teams to ensure robust, safe operation across the engine's envelope.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree or equivalent in control systems or related field.
• Experience developing functions in MATLAB/Simulink.
• Strong knowledge of feedback control, system dynamics, stability and tuning.
• Experience implementing control/embedded logic for a real physical system.
• Ability to analyze logs and test data to understand system behaviour and improve design.
• Familiarity with state machines, mode logic, diagnostics, calibration, validation, or production‑style Simulink models would be highly appreciated.
• Experience with MIL, SIL, HIL, automatic code generation, or embedded control workflows would be appreciated.

Responsabilités

• Design, tune, implement, and validate closed‑loop control functions for fluidic systems, such as pressure, flow rate, pump speed, and valve position control.
• Develop Simulink functions for control logic, sequencing, state machines, mode management, enable logic, limiters, protections, diagnostics, and actuator command generation.
• Build and use control‑oriented models, simulations, and test‑data replay workflows to support design and validation.
• Analyze controller performance, stability, robustness, actuator saturation, sensor limitations, delays, nonlinearities, and operating envelope constraints.
• Implement practical control features such as PID, feedforward, filtering, gain scheduling, anti‑windup, bumpless transfer, and mode‑dependent control logic.
• Support MIL, SIL, HIL, and test‑data analysis activities to verify the behaviour of the control application before deployment.
• Document design choices, assumptions, interfaces, validation results, limitations, and remaining risks.
• Work closely with propulsion, embedded software, electronics, test, modelling, and systems engineering teams.

Connaissances

MATLAB/Simulink

Feedback control

State machines & mode logic

Control tuning

Embedded software integration

Data analysis of logs/test data

Formation

Engineering degree in control systems or related field

Outils

SIMULINK

MIL/SIL/HIL toolchains

Automatic code generation

Description du poste

The Exploration Company is developing the control software for Nyx, a modular space orbital vehicle. We are seeking a Control System and Model‑Based Design Engineer to advance the engine control application from simulation to MIL/SIL/HIL validation and real data analysis.

You will design and implement closed‑loop control functions, develop Simulink models, and work with propulsion, software, electronics, and test teams to ensure robust, safe operation across the engine's envelope.