Guidance and Control Engineer

Qabird; Delft; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Vydar is seeking a Guidance and Control Engineer to develop and scale defence technology, from lab to field deployment. You will work with our founding team and partners to deliver guidance and control software for constrained hardware and AI edge devices used on missile platforms, UAVs, drones, and distributed sensing networks.

The role also involves building NPU-based navigation for GPS-denied environments and interception, joining a team of 7–10 engineers with aerospace, embedded

Qualifications

• Degree in Control Systems, Robotics or Aerospace
• MSc preferred; BSc considered with relevant experience
• Experience with control engineering on constrained hardware
• Experience with control or guidance engineering including targeting, VIO or optical flow
• Experience with machine vision applications
• Ability to debug complex system-level issues independently
• Good communication in English (Dutch a plus)
• NATO-friendly citizenship or valid EU work permit

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain guidance software using visual data
• Identification and offloading computationally heavy algorithms to different parts of SoC
• Implementation of machine perception/vision algorithms
• Design, implement and maintain application software
• Optimize performance, latency, and power consumption
• Support field testing, system bring-up, and on-site validation of deployed systems

Skills

Control engineering

Machine vision

C/C++

Rust

Python

Debug complex systems

Education

MSc preferred

BSc with relevant experience

Tools

ROS/ROS2

C/C++

Rust

Python

Job description

As a Guidance and Control Engineer, you will play a key role in developing and scaling Vydar’s next-generation defence technology. You will work closely with our founding team and technical partners to bring our solutions from lab to field deployment. You will develop guidance and control software for constrained hardware and AI edge computing devices used in defense applications. This includes systems for missile platforms, UAVs, drones, and distributed sensing networks. Building NPU based navigation software for electromagnetic contested environments (no GPS) or interception. You will join a team of 7 to 10 highly skilled engineers with backgrounds in aerospace, microelectronics, embedded hardware and software, and machine vision.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain guidance software using visual data
• Identification and offloading computationally heavy algorithms to different parts of SoC
• Implementation of machine perception/vision algorithms
• Design, implement and maintain application software
• Optimize performance, latency, and power consumption
• Support field testing, system bring-up, and on-site validation of deployed systems

Requirements

We value enthusiasm, motivation, and a strong willingness to learn.

Please consider applying even if you do not meet all listed requirements.

• Degree in Control Systems, Robotics or Aerospace or any other relevant degree
• MSc preferred, BSc considered with relevant experience
• Experience with control engineering and practical implementation on constraint hardware
• Experience with control or guidance engineering including targeting, VIO or optical flow.
• Experience with machine vision applications
• Ability to debug complex system-level issues independently
• Good communication in English (Dutch is a plus)
• NATO-friendly citizenship or valid EU work permit

Technologies and Tools

• ROS / ROS2
• C / C++
• Rust
• Python

Nice to Have

• Preferred: Experience with NPU utilization in a control and guidance context.
• Familiarity with hardware-software integration
• Experience in defence, robotics, AI
• Previous startup or R&D experience