Guidance, Navigation, & Control Engineer

In this role you will own end-to-end development of UAS guidance, navigation and control systems to elevate platform performance. You’ll design and validate state estimation and controllers, collaborate with field and supporting disciplines, and contribute to tests and deployment. The work supports Helsing’s mission to apply responsible AI in defense and shapes cutting-edge robotic perception and decision-making. You’ll join a mission-driven team pushing advanced autonomy in a high-stakes domain.

• Competitive salary and VSOP options
• Relocation support
• Learning allowance
• Gym membership and mental health support
• Enhanced parental leave
• Remote work option during pregnancy (phased return)

• Develop bespoke UAS controllers from concept to integration and iteration
• Design, test and implement state estimator algorithms for contested environments
• Simulate navigation and guidance performance to define sensor stacks
• Analyze real sensor data to calibrate sensors and validate performance
• Support test specification and execution for navigation/ guidance evaluation
• Collaborate with Flight Mechanics, Aerodynamics, Embedded hardware/software, and Testing teams
• Contribute to and analyze flight tests

• At least 5 years of professional experience in navigation, guidance or state estimation development
• Strong Matlab/Simulink skills
• Solid background in state estimation theory, aerodynamics, stability and control, and systems modelling
• Excellent communication skills for reporting findings internally and externally
• Solid software engineering skills in Matlab and/or Python, Rust, Java, or modern C++
• Active interest in current research and reimplementation/extending state-of-the-art navigation/guidance algorithms

• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Critical thinking and problem solving
• Matlab/Simulink
• State estimation theory
• Aerodynamics