Description

In this role, you will engage in designing and analyzing guidance, navigation, and control systems for innovative UAVs and spaceplanes. Your work will involve trajectory simulation, algorithm development, and hands-on testing to ensure cutting-edge performance in complex flight scenarios.

Requirements

• •Aerospace or mechanical engineering degree (M.Sc./M.Eng.)
• •Several years of professional or research experience in flight dynamics, GNC, or related fields
• •Strong background in flight control theory, trajectory optimization, dynamic system modeling and guidance methods
• •Strong programming skills (MATLAB/Simulink, C/C++, Python) and modeling/simulation experience
• •Proficiency in English and German (spoken and written)
• •Ability to independently solve complex research and engineering problems
• •Excellent analytical skills and a creative, solution-oriented mindset
• •Proactive, motivated, flexible, and resilient, with strong teamwork and communication skills
• •Enthusiasm for working in a fast-paced startup environment where innovation and ownership drive impact

Tasks

• •Design and analyze GNC subsystems for UAVs and spaceplanes
• •Simulate, optimize, and analyze trajectories for complex flight profiles
• •Develop nonlinear 6DOF flight dynamic models
• •Create mathematical models for aerodynamics, sensors, actuators, and propulsion
• •Design and code flight control algorithms, and conduct software/hardware-in-the-loop testing
• •Support the selection, integration, and verification of GNC sensors and components
• •Develop advanced guidance algorithms for automated UAVs
• •Participate in ground and flight test campaigns, including planning, execution, and data analysis

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