GNC Engineer - Algorithms and Simulation - Holt Recruitment - ref. k74948023

Holt Executive is Hiring – GNC Engineer (Space Missions) Holt Executive is partnering with a pioneering space technology company to find a GNC Engineer to join their expert team. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the development of cutting-edge space guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) systems, enabling complex rendezvous, proximity operations, and docking (RPO) missions.

About the Role: As a GNC Engineer, you will play a key role in designing, optimizing, and testing GNC algorithms and simulation models to support advanced space missions. You will work on sensor technologies, fault detection processes, and system integration, ensuring mission success through robust and innovative engineering solutions.

This role is ideal for an engineer with experience in GNC algorithm development, spacecraft simulations, and system-level analysis, looking to work on game-changing space sustainability missions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, optimize, and test GNC algorithms (e.g., navigation filters, guidance strategies, and controllers).
• Develop GNC simulation models and functionalities for mission analysis.
• Support trade-off analysis and integration of state-of-the-art RPO sensors and data fusion techniques.
• Contribute to Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) and Fault Detection, Isolation, and Recovery (FDIR) processes.
• Perform GNC subsystem verification, validation, and spacecraft integration testing.
• Work with Engineering Model (EM) hardware to conduct subsystem development testing.
• Support both development-focused and production-focused GNC activities, including Quality Assurance (QA) processes.

Essential Skills:

• Degree in Aerospace Engineering or a related technical field.
• Experience with GNC simulation tools such as MATLAB/Simulink and Python.
• Hands-on experience designing navigation filters, guidance algorithms, and control systems.
• Strong understanding of fault-tolerant GNC system design.
• Experience with Systems Engineering principles and processes.
• Ability to work independently and within cross-functional teams.
• Strong problem-solving skills with a balance between creative innovation and delivery-focused engineering.

Desirable Skills:

• Knowledge of GNC rendezvous and pose estimation sensors and techniques.
• Experience in GNC hardware Assembly, Integration, and Verification (AIV).
• Familiarity with Active Debris Removal (ADR) and RPO mission concepts, such as RemoveDebris, ESA’s CleanSpace projects, DARPA Express, or DEOS.

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Work with a highly skilled, international team on cutting-edge space technology.
• Hybrid working and flexible schedule options.
• Private healthcare, life insurance, and relocation support.
• Access to state-of-the-art office and cleanroom facilities.
• Regular social events and professional development opportunities.

If you’re passionate about advancing space mission GNC systems, apply today or contact Holt Executive for more details!