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GNC Systems Engineer
2019-08-12 16:18:01| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
We are looking for a GNC Systems Engineer E3 to join our Modis Aerospace team, working onsite at the European Space Agency in the Netherlands. Modis Aerospace is a specialized Engineering consultancy with more than 30 years experience providing aerospace Engineers to our key partners in The Netherlands. Modis is a longstanding business partner of the European Space Agency ESA, with more than 120 employees recruited from across Europe currently supporting ESAs activities. Specific tasks to be performed Support to the ESTEC GNC Section for the development of space transportation GNC systems. This comprises, flight vehicles ranging from Expandable Launchers, Reusable Launch Vehicles RLVs as well as Ascenders and Landers for Exploration applications. Specific tasks address the multi disciplinaryphysics and highfidelity End to End vehicle dynamics modelling with implementation in 6DoF simulation environments Matlab, Simulink, DSpace. Daily support and independent expert analyses shall be provided to the development of ongoing and future ascender and descender systems including microlaunchers, reentry systems, reusable VTVL Systems in atmospheric and orbital flight on current ESA Simulation and Verification Platforms. Specific GNC design tasks shall include detailled flight mechanics, environment, aerodynamics, structures, propulsion, actuator and sensor system modelling. The post holder shall perform system sizing, requirements capture, architecture conception, advanced GNC design as well as performance and SW validation analyses. Support shall be given to the conception of new Mission Vehicle and Flight Management MVMS Systems towards incremental Flight Autonomy. The MVMS architectures shall include Advanced Monitoring and Recofiguration Systems FDIR as well as stateof the art Flight SW based on Robust Adapatable Control RealTime Optimised Guidance Strategies. New efficient validation Advanced Analysis Tools must be mastered to drastically improve the the gaps and shortcomings of current validation approaches. The post holder shall provide regular Technical Reporting of the GNC Design and Analsyis as well as contribute in the preparation and execution of project and technology studies reviews. General tasks to be performed Definition and implementation of GNC Guidance, Navigation and Control Systems for Planetary Exploration Orbiters and Landers, for Launchers and Reentry Vehicles and for specialised applications such as Formation Flying. The functional support provided to ESA projects e.g. Exomars, Bepi Colombo, Proba3, ATV, Vega, IXV, includes Participation to project reviews SRR, PDR CDR, . GNC design, analyses and simulations control loops design and modelling, FDIR, Independent simulator setup, functional verification and performance budgets. GNC SW implementation. Sensors and actuators selection and procurement support. AIVAIT support test benches, review of test plans and test results. Operations support review of Operations Manual, rehearsal and LEOP. Support to inorbit analysis. Conception, initialisation and supervision of corresponding enabling GNC technology RD Entry, Descent and Landing, Reentry, RendezVous and Docking, Formation Flying, Hybrid Navigation, Health Management including prototyping and tools development. Advanced Control and Estimation Techniques Research and Development. Development and utilisation of the Control Hardware Laboratory e.g. navigation techniques prototyping and testing in open and closed loop. Maintenance, development and setup of GNC simulation tools. Participation to the elaboration and promotion of ECSS standards in the E60 domain. To successfully perform the above mentioned tasks, the following background experience is required The candidate must have a track record in the design of classical space transportation GNC systems including Thrust Vector ControlAttitude Control Systems. Mastering of advanced multivariable GNC design and verification approaches for the stablity and performance robustness analysis is a prerequisite. University degree MSc minimum in Control and Aerospace Engineering Proven experience in the design, tuning, analysis and simulation of GNC systems in different project phases. Proven knowledge of modern control design methods, commercial modelbased design tools MATLAB. Experience with rapidprototyping of hardwareintheloop systems. Ability to interface with industry. About ESAESTEC The European Space Agency ESA has sites in several European countries. The European Space Research and Technology Centre ESTEC is the largest site and the technical heart of ESA. This nursery of European space activities is located in Noordwijk, Netherlands. At ESTEC, about 2500 engineers, technicians and scientists work handson with mission design, spacecraft and space technology. Almost all ESA projects except launchers are managed from ESTEC. In Noordwijk, people work on science missions, manned space missions, Earth observation, telecommunications and navigation satellites. ESTEC provides extensive testing facilities to verify the proper operation of spacecraft, such as the Large Space Simulator LSS, acoustic and electromagnetic testing bays, multiaxis vibration tables and the ESA Propulsion Laboratory EPL. Please send your CV to recruitmentaerospacemodis.com before 27092019
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