Guidance Control and Navigation Engineer

A well-established global engineering company based in Bristol is currently looking to recruit a Guidance, Control and Navigation Engineer (on a contract basis) To support the design, development and test of Mid-Course Guidance, Homing Guidance, Control and Navigation algorithms for missile applications..

Responsibilities of the GC&N engineer:

* Analysis of closed-loop model simulations.
* Analysis of sub-system and system trials/firing data.
* Generate/maintain justification documentation.
* Prepare and present material at Design Reviews.
* Work with Systems, Simulation & Modelling and Software Engineers to support the validation and verification process, particularly in terms of algorithm integration and test in the 6-DoF Performance Model and generation of Embedded Software through auto coding via the Mathworks toolset.

To be considered for this Systems Engineer role you must:

* Practical experience of modelling flight dynamics (essential)
* Practical experience of Matlab / Simulink (essential)
* Practical experience of developing Guidance, Control & Navigation systems (preferable) – e.g. Guidance Laws, Estimators/Observers, Kalman Filters, Autopilots, Optimal Control, Multivariable Control, H-infinity, Mu-analysis, Integrated Navigation
* Trajectory optimisation (preferable)
* Knowledge of sensors (preferable) – e.g. Accelerometers, Gyros, Inertial Measurement Units, GPS, RF and IR Seekers.
* Knowledge of actuation systems in relation to autopilot design (preferable)
* Experience of delivering on a product development programme (preferable)

If the above position is something that you would be keen to hear more about, then please with your updated CV now!