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Guidance, Navigation, & Control Engineer

Helsing· Hardware Engineering
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full-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Role focused on end-to-end development and validation of state estimation, navigation and guidance algorithms for UAS platforms within Helsing’s Guidance, Navigation and Control team.

Responsibilities

  • Own the development of bespoke controllers for UAS end to end; through conception, design, simulation, physical integration and feature iteration.
  • Design, test and implement state estimator algorithms that work robustly in contested environments
  • Simulate the performance of navigation and guidance algorithms to inform the definition of sensor stacks, which could include IMUs, GPS/GNSS, barometers, magnetometers and advanced image-based positioning systems
  • Analyse real sensor and test data to calibrate sensors and validate performance, closing the simulation-to-real gap
  • Support the specification and execution of tests for navigation and guidance algorithm evaluation
  • Collaborate with interfacing disciplines such as Flight Mechanics, Aerodynamics, Embedded Hard- and Software, and Testing
  • Contribute to, follow and analyse flight tests

Qualifications

  • M.Sc. or PhD in Aeronautical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics or equivalent
  • At least 5 years of professional experience in navigation, guidance or state estimation development
  • Very good skills in Matlab/Simulink
  • Solid background in state estimation theory, aerodynamics, stability and control, and systems modelling
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to report and present findings clearly and efficiently
  • Solid software engineering skills, writing clean and well-structured code in Matlab and/or languages like Python, Rust, Java, or modern C++
  • Passion for staying up to date with current research and reimplementing/extending papers on state-of-the-art navigation and guidance algorithms

Benefits

  • Competitive salary
  • VSOP options
  • Relocation support: up to €2,500 and 4 weeks temporary accommodation
  • Learning: €500/£450 yearly allowance
  • Health & wellness: gym membership and mental health support
  • Social: regular company events and monthly social allowances
  • Enhanced parental leave: 22 weeks fully paid for primary caregivers & 6 weeks for secondary caregivers
  • Family support: 5 days paid family emergency leave, 100% remote work option during pregnancy and phased return to work
  • Hands-on onboarding program (Infraduction) to learn tech stack and tooling across the company
Last updated Sep 15, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Helsing

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