Indra Group
Indra Group
Indra Group is a Spanish multinational technology and systems company serving defence, air traffic management, space, mobility, and digital transformation markets. Its businesses, including Minsait and IndraMind, develop and integrate capabilities such as sovereign artificial intelligence, cyber-resilient platforms, radar and command-and-control systems, and smart transport infrastructure. Indra works with governments, critical infrastructure operators, and large enterprises internationally, combining large-scale delivery with substantial research and development across its global operations.

Senior GNC AOCS Engineer - Harwell, Oxford (Hybrid)

Develop guidance, navigation, control, attitude and orbit control, and fault detection, isolation and recovery systems for Indra Space Systems UK aerospace platforms. Work on algorithms, simulators and mathematical models for satellites, launch vehicles and re-entry vehicles.

Description

  • Contribute to the specification, design, implementation and validation of AOCS and FDIR algorithms for Earth-observation, interplanetary and ADR/IOS satellites, launchers and re-entry vehicles
  • Develop GNC and AOCS algorithms through model-based design
  • Build and test simulation environments
  • Model the behaviour of dynamic systems
  • Create mathematical models for aerospace applications
  • Define and verify GNC and AOCS solutions
  • Evaluate hardware options and perform engineering trade-offs
  • Coordinate with the wider systems engineering team
  • Provide technical leadership and support team management

Requirements

  • A recognised degree in mechanical, aerospace, electrical or electronic engineering, or a related subject such as physics or mathematics
  • At least five years of experience applying relevant engineering principles in the role’s associated domains; relevant MSc or PhD qualifications may also be considered
  • Strong expertise in controlling and simulating dynamic systems
  • Practical experience developing aerospace or aeronautical GNC, AOCS and FDIR solutions; experience with ESA or other European programmes is advantageous
  • Ability to quickly understand new concepts and apply them to complex engineering problems
  • Strong programming skills
  • Experience with MATLAB and Simulink
  • An MSc, PhD or teaching experience in aeronautical or aerospace engineering, with a strong foundation in at least two of orbital mechanics and atmospheric flight dynamics; FDIR design, implementation and validation; classical and robust control, including fixed-structure H∞ synthesis, μ-analysis and LPV control; flight operations; or Model-Based Systems Engineering
  • Experience supporting flight operations for ESA or other European aerospace programmes
  • Experience with atmospheric flight applications
  • Strong theoretical knowledge of GNC and AOCS principles and methodologies
  • Knowledge of multivariable robust control techniques, plus programming experience in Python and C
  • benefits

Benefits

  • Pension
  • Hybrid working, typically with three days in the office
  • 40-hour working week from Monday to Friday
  • 36 days of annual leave including bank holidays

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