Attitude and Orbit Control system (AOCS) / Guidance Navigation and Control (m/f)

Description de l'offre

Attitude and Orbit Control system (AOCS) / Guidance Navigation and Control (m/f)

Airbus Defence & Space Toulouse (ex Astrium SV)

Airbus Defence and Space is a division of Airbus Group formed by combining the business activities of Cassidian, Astrium and Airbus Military. The new division is Europe's number one defence and space enterprise, the second largest space business worldwide and among the top ten global defence enterprises. It employs some 40,000 employees generating revenues of approximately €14 billion per year.

Airbus est un leader mondial de l'aéronautique, de l'espace, de la défense et des services associés. En 2016, l'entreprise a dégagé un chiffre d'affaires de 67,0 milliards d'euros avec un effectif d'environ 134 000 personnes. Airbus propose la gamme d'avions de transport de passagers la plus complète, de 100 à plus de 600 sièges. Airbus est également le fournisseur d'avion de ravitaillement, de combat, de transport et de mission leader en Europe, ainsi que le numéro un européen et le numéro deux mondial de l'industrie spatiale. Sur le marché des hélicoptères, Airbus fournit les voilures tournantes civiles et militaires les plus performantes au monde.

Nos équipes travaillent avec passion et détermination pour faire du monde un endroit plus connecté, plus sûr et plus intelligent. Fiers de notre travail, nous nous appuyons sur l'expertise et l'expérience de chacun pour atteindre l'excellence. Notre diversité et culture du travail en équipe nous poussent à accomplir l'extraordinaire - sur terre, dans le ciel et dans l'espace.

Description of the job

One vacancy for an Attitude and Orbit Control system (AOCS)/Guidance Navigation and Control (GNC) Advanced Studies Engineer (m/f) have arisen within Airbus Defence & Space in Toulouse. The successful applicant will join the AOCS/GNC and FDS advanced studies Toulouse department.

The Advanced Studies engineer is in charge of the design of new AOCS/GNC (Attitude and Orbit Control system/Guidance Navigation and Control) concepts and technologies for Earth Observation, Telecommunications, Navigation, Science, Formation Flying, Landing & Rendezvous.
The successful candidate will work on advanced studies and R&D focusing particularly on advanced control design techniques and their application in spacecraft AOCS/GNC design. Ability to develop links with academia and collaborate successfully to transfer techniques from research community to industry is a key success factor for this job.

Profil recherché

Tasks & accountabilities

Within this context, you will be in charge of the following activities for both satellite system studies & technological Research & Development studies/contracts:

·  Defining, analyzing and protecting innovative concepts for new space missions (architectures, algorithms, actuators and sensors)
·  Iteratively deriving AOCS/GNC functional chain requirements & architecture from mission needs, environment, spacecraft characteristics and equipment performance
·  Defining and designing AOCS/GNC algorithms, and assessing preliminary performances/feasibility on functional simulators
·  Validating new concepts through an adapted approach (full simulation, prototype/EM development and tests, Software/Hardware In-the-Loop) and coordination with other engineering entities (on-board software, mechanical & electrical design, simulation tools)
·  Continuously strive to be aware of relevant technological developments and state of the art control techniques, their implementation, verification and validation, and provide technical and innovative inputs to future technical proposals
·  Supporting transfer to industrial development phases.

Required skills

You have an Engineering diploma or a Master's degree with a specialization in Space and/or Automatic Control, with an experience of 2 to 3 years in a similar position in the avionics/GNC field, or a PhD degree about advanced control techniques in the field or aerospace.
You also have skills in all/part of the following technical fields:

·  Advanced control theory and signal filtering/processing,
·  Space flight dynamics basics,
·  Knowledge of Matlab/Simulink tools for modelling and functional simulation,
·  Knowledge of AOCS/GNC system design & real-time implementation.

You are able to adapt to fast-changing contexts/requirements while maintaining technical quality/focus, and are able to rapidly identify key design drivers and synthesis recommendations.
An advanced level of English and French is required for this position. You have the following qualities:

·  Innovative spirit,
·  Good analytical and problem-solving skills
·  Good communication skills and ability to convince,
·  Demonstrated ability to take initiative, be proactive, flexible and reliable
·  Sense of technical quality & commitment,
·  Ability to work/interface with teams.

This position may require some travel to customer/subcontractor premises for technical meetings.