Control System Engineer

The Exploration Company
France
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeEUR 47,500 - 60,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringSkills: []

Develop and mature the closed-loop control application for throttleable rocket engines used in the Nyx space orbital vehicle. You’ll design, tune, implement, and validate control functions for fluidic systems, build Simulink logic and state-machine sequencing, and analyze controller performance across the operating envelope. Work through MIL/SIL/HIL validation and test-data replay, collaborating with propulsion, embedded software, electronics, test, and systems engineering teams.

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The Exploration Company
The Exploration Company
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Control System Engineer

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Job Summary

Develop and mature the closed-loop control application for throttleable rocket engines used in the Nyx space orbital vehicle. You’ll design, tune, implement, and validate control functions for fluidic systems, build Simulink logic and state-machine sequencing, and analyze controller performance across the operating envelope. Work through MIL/SIL/HIL validation and test-data replay, collaborating with propulsion, embedded software, electronics, test, and systems engineering teams.
Location: France
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design, tune, implement, and validate closed-loop control functions for fluidic systems including pressure, flow rate, pump speed, and valve position.
  • •Develop Simulink control logic covering sequencing, state machines, mode management, enable logic, limiters, protections, diagnostics, and actuator command generation.
  • •Build and use control-oriented models, simulations, and test-data replay workflows to support design and validation.
  • •Analyze controller performance across stability, robustness, saturation, sensor limits, delays, nonlinearities, and operating-envelope constraints.
  • •Support MIL/SIL/HIL validation and test-data analysis, and document assumptions, interfaces, validation results, limitations, and risks.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: EUR 47,500 - 60,000 annually

Key Requirements

  • •Engineering degree or equivalent experience in control systems, aerospace, electrical, mechanical, automotive, robotics, or a related field.
  • •Practical experience developing control functions using MATLAB/Simulink.
  • •Strong understanding of feedback control, system dynamics, stability, filtering, and controller tuning.
  • •Experience implementing and testing control or embedded application logic for a real physical system.
  • •Ability to analyze logs, simulation results, and test data to understand system behavior and improve designs.
Tech Stack:MATLABSimulinkMILSILHILPIDState machines

Company Brief

The Exploration Company
Designs and develops reusable crewed and cargo spacecraft for low Earth orbit missions. The company builds orbital transfer and return vehicles to enable routine transportation, research, and commercial services in space.
Industry: Space Technology
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Growth: Growth Stage Startup
Headquarters: Munich, Germany
Founded: 2018
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