GNC Engineer

Harmattan AI
Paris
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: OtherExperience: 3+ yearsEducation: mastersSkills: ["Problem-solving","Teamwork","Communication"]

Join Harmattan AI as a GNC Engineer on the UAV team to design and deploy navigation, guidance, and control solutions. You’ll move from simulation to embedded implementation and live flight testing, developing sensor fusion, flight control laws, and robust estimation, while integrating GNSS/INS systems and maintaining flight-ready compute across platforms.

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Harmattan AI
Harmattan AI
1 year ago

GNC Engineer

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Job Summary

Join Harmattan AI as a GNC Engineer on the UAV team to design and deploy navigation, guidance, and control solutions. You’ll move from simulation to embedded implementation and live flight testing, developing sensor fusion, flight control laws, and robust estimation, while integrating GNSS/INS systems and maintaining flight-ready compute across platforms.
Location: Paris
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time

Key Responsibilities

  • •Develop state-of-the-art navigation and sensor fusion algorithms for UAVs
  • •Design and implement GNC and flight control systems
  • •Build filtering and estimation strategies for robust and efficient flight performance
  • •Run extensive simulations (Monte Carlo, SITL, HITL) and coverage testing
  • •Analyze test flight data and refine algorithmic performance

Key Requirements

  • •Education : Engineering school or master's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related technical field
  • •3+ years of experience in aerospace GNC systems
  • •Strong foundations in control theory, estimation, and sensor integration
  • •Proficient in Python and embedded C/C++
  • •Experience with simulation tools (e.g., Gazebo) and version control (Git)
Experience:3+ yearsAerospaceGNCUAVDefense
Education:Master's
Skills:Problem-solvingTeamworkCommunication
Tech Stack:PythonCC++GazeboGitPX4ArdupilotBetaflightFPVSolderingHarnessingGNSSINS/IMU

Company Brief

Harmattan AI
Develops AI-driven autonomous military systems (drones, electronic warfare, ISR and mission-management software) and scales conflict-ready production for allied armed forces and defense primes.
Industry: Defense Technology
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series B
Headquarters: Paris, France
Founded: 2024
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