GNC Engineer

GNC Engineer

Destinus

Payerne, Switzerland

Tasks

You will take a senior Guidance, Navigation and Control Engineer role, contributing in a hands on way while also looking at potential improvement from a more high-level perspective. Your team will consist of people coming from different domains, joining forces to deliver efficient and accurate UAV platforms.

• Define the Control Laws and Algorithm Architecture for the onboard automation systems, including the Flight Controls and Navigation Systems;
• Identifying possible failure modes and defining robust contingency Control Laws to maintain safe flight;
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including system engineers and mechanical, electrical, and software engineers, to plan, design, develop, and integrate GNC solutions into UAVs;
• Defining and running computer simulations for the platforms. (e.g., Matlab & Simulink);
• Work Package Management of a defined scope: actively driving the project work forward to achieve the agreed deliverables on time and within budget;
• Ensuring the integration of the GNC algorithms with the embedded system and executing validation testing.

Requirements

• At least Bachelor's degree in relevant field, such as: GNC Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Software Engineering, Aerospace Engineering;
• 3+ years of industry experience in GNC;
• Experience in non-linear feedback control system design;
• Experience in C development for embedded systems done hands on, not via code generation;
• Experience with modern tools, like version control systems;
• Good communication skills.