Hybrid GNC Engineer — Spacecraft Guidance & Control

Holt Recruitment; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Private healthcare

Life insurance

Relocation assistance

Career progression

Regular team events

Job summary

Holt Recruitment is seeking an experienced GNC Engineer to contribute to the design, development and verification of Guidance, Navigation and Control for complex satellite missions. You will work across the GNC lifecycle, integrating algorithms, computer vision, and hardware with multidisciplinary teams to ensure performance.

Ideal candidates will have a Master's in Aerospace Engineering and 2+ years in GNC roles, with MATLAB/Simulink experience and exposure to GNC architectures.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering or a relevant field.
• 2+ years' experience in a GNC-related engineering role.
• Intermediate-level MATLAB/Simulink experience.
• Experience developing GNC subsystem architectures.
• Experience across at least three of the following: GNC requirements derivation, control law development, translating algorithms to flight software, GNC hardware integration.

Responsibilities

• Developing GNC subsystem requirements, architectures, and V&V strategies.
• Supporting integration of GNC algorithms, computer vision and hardware.
• Working with multidisciplinary teams to ensure GNC performance and compatibility.
• Researching emerging GNC technologies and hardware.
• Supporting algorithm development, hardware selection and system integration.
• Contributing to GNC software architecture and flight software solutions.
• Performing technical trade-offs and subsystem-level analysis.
• Collaborating with customers and suppliers to define technical solutions.
• Supporting mission leadership and on-orbit spacecraft operations.

Skills

GNC experience

MATLAB/Simulink

GNC architectures

C/C++ programming

Education

Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering

Tools

C/C++ development

Job description

Holt Recruitment is seeking an experienced GNC Engineer to contribute to the design, development and verification of Guidance, Navigation and Control for complex satellite missions. You will work across the GNC lifecycle, integrating algorithms, computer vision, and hardware with multidisciplinary teams to ensure performance.

Ideal candidates will have a Master's in Aerospace Engineering and 2+ years in GNC roles, with MATLAB/Simulink experience and exposure to GNC architectures.